The Brits may have a bit of a boozy reputation but did you know that the French have a long tradition of rowdy toasts with body parts?
Don’t say Happy New Year before midnight on the 31st
Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? Why not have a go at singing the French version?
Oh, what a night! Lyrics are not quite the same in French. Have a listen.
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Many a Bac (equivalent of A-Levels) student has quivered at the sight of Victor Hugo’s name on the test paper… how will you fare with this 19th century poem?
Did you know that “La Marseillaise”, France’s national anthem, was actually composed in Strasbourg in 1792, not in Marseilles as we might assume?
At the end of WW2I, the BBC used the opening lines of this poem to signal the start of D-Day operations.
Un type rentre dans un bar…..
Claude Francois was an Egyptian-born French pop singer, songwriter and dancer, who wrote and composed “Comme d’habitude”, the original version of “My Way”.