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French Architecture – The Louvre Pyramid Posted by on Aug 6, 2019

In previous posts, I’ve alluded to the fact that not everyone was originally happy about plans to build a giant glass-and-steel pyramid in the heart of one of Paris’s most treasured buildings. This week we look at a historical document that illustrates the different opinions of the time. Des Racines et des Ailes / Of roots…

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Meet the Craziest French Prankster On the Planet Posted by on Aug 25, 2011

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you must have seen or heard of the hilariously crazy phénomène called “RÉMI GAILLARD”… If not, then my friends, il est grand temps (it’s high time) for you to discover him!

Who DIDN’T Know that Daft Punk is French? Posted by on Apr 13, 2011

Almost à mi-chemin (halfway)between la place Charles-de-Gaulle and Place de Clichy, the Lycée Carnot (Carnot High school) saw many young and ambitious students graduate to become influential men and woman in the world: Some, as Jacques Chirac and Dominique Strauss-Kahn (a contender in the upcoming French Présidentielles) became de fins politiciens (shrewd politicians); others, like Louis Aragon were…

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What is an “Énarque” ? (2ème partie) Posted by on Apr 14, 2010

We have seen, il y a deux jours (two days ago), a “special species” of people in France called “les énarques.” We found out that they in fact represent the French élite, the crème de la crème of the civil servants, a position in la société française (the French society) which naturally earns them both admiration and outrage. At the beginning, the É.N.A…

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