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Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Oct 10, 2008
Two major Nobel prizes in one week is not bad for a country that is anguishing about its cultural decline. France has just pulled it off with the literature award for its novelist JMG le Clézio after Luc Montagnier …
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Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Oct 9, 2008
There is an excuse today for some musical nostalgia. Jacques Brel died exactly 30 years ago. Most people reading this blog will need no introduction. But I'll provide a little since some otherwise well-educated …
Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Oct 8, 2008
No, France has not moved its rocket launchpad from Guyana to the heart of Paris. The Ariane European space vehicle is being displayed in the middle of the Champs Elysées as part of a spectacular celebration of France's …
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Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Oct 7, 2008
Nicolas Sarkozy had a hard time in Normandy yesterday trying to convince workers at a Renault car factory that he was a regular guy who understood their fear of losing their jobs. That might be because of photographs …
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Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Oct 7, 2008
It is refreshing to step out of France for a weekend in England because you are reminded how different life still is on each side of the waterway that separates the old rivals. Here are a few notes. Little will...
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Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Oct 2, 2008
This might be an exercise in what the French call "shooting at the ambulance", or kicking someone when they are down. But here's a look at the French reaction to Sarah Palin. Like the Gallic adoration of Barack Obama …
Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Sep 30, 2008
When no blog topic leaps to mind, at least there is usually a new French tax to report. This year, we have had the fish tax, a two percent levy which is supposed to help fishermen but has put up...
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Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Sep 23, 2008
Perhaps it's the onset of autumn, but sometimes it seems that France almost enjoys bringing itself down. But the gloom should be taken with a pinch of salt. The French enjoy life more than they let on; being negative …
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Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Sep 23, 2008
Perhaps it's the onset of autumn, but sometimes it seems that France almost enjoys bringing itself down. But the gloom should be taken with a pinch of salt. The French enjoy life more than they let on; being negative …
Also tagged: politics, europe, france, internet, media, paris, the economy, the arts
Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG - Sep 20, 2008
Take a good look. Cézanne's picture and many like it could soon be banned from the internet, at least in France. That might sound like a joke, but if the health lobby has its way, images of wine or any...
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