Thou shalt Honour Conjugal Duty
Elegant temptresses, and ‘femmes fatales’ are cliches as classic as berets and baguettes in a France where love reputedly “knows no rules” … yet when it comes to romance in the boudoir Virgil’s bon mots clearly predate the Code Civil. (Read more online here) For while alluring Gallic seduction, and a certain Coco Chanel-style elegance and [...]
Optimism, a Gâteau of 111 Ingredients
Tired of doom and gloom, fed up with the glass-half-empty brigade, cheer-up La France has plenty of reasons to be happy, in fact 111 significant ones if l’Express is right. (Read more online French News here) Why exactly the writers selected 111 reasons we are not told but in its special 12-page cover story, a [...]
Monaco Anger at French Annexation Call
Monaco has accused France of “neo-colonialism” in a row provoked by a call on nationwide TV for Paris to annex the 700-year-old micro-state just days after the Monegasque ruler Prince Albert II married his glamorous South African bride Charlene. (Read more online French News here) The call has deeply angered senior state officials in Monte [...]
