Did you know that the French charity which most closely resembles Cancer Research UK is La Ligue nationale contre le cancer which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2018?
Emmaus was founded in Paris in 1949 by Father Henri-Antoine Groues, Catholic priest, MP and former member of the French Resistance during WW2. He was better known by his resistance name of Abbé Pierre.
Regular book reviews from P-O Life readers: an online forum for fellow anglophone book worms to share and discuss authors and titles, no matter the genre
Known for his distinctive linoprints, artist Matthew Hilton believes that “the function of a work of art is to halt, however momentarily, our rush to the grave.”
Airport News. List of flights between the UK and Ireland to Perpignan, Beziers, Carcassonne, Nimes, Toulouse, Montpellier in Occitania, and South Catalonia – Girona and Barcelona’s El Prat Airport.
Flamenco meets “West Side Story” in Tony Gatlif’s high-energy face-off between Spanish and Turkish communities in a French housing project
Not a new release but definitely worth a read if you haven’t already, or a re-read if you have!
Last Tuesday 9th November, President Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation live on TV, to talk about the state of the pandemic and to present the latest decisions on pass sanitaires, vaccines and more. Here’s our breakdown of what was said.
Arts and entertainment this autumn and winter with Henry Shaftoe Assuming no more viral surges this autumn/winter, there is a huge choice of live music, art, dance and theatre lined up for the next few…
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