Monthly Archives: December 2006

The bold, the dreadlocked and the beatlified: Zidane, Noah, Hulot Twice a year, French Sunday paper Journal du Dimanche publishes a list of France’s most popular personalities. It’s no miracle that football player Zinedine Zidane tops the list, beating previous … Continue reading →

La Place de l’Etoile in Paris From South Africa’s bloody riots to Ceausescu’s fall, from the Tien An Men massacre to Desert Storm, French photographer Patrick Durand has covered history-making events. After 16 years at the frontline, he now concentrates … Continue reading →

[googlevideo]-7113165152671062793[/googlevideo] La Jetée (literally “The Jetty”) is a 28-minute science fiction film in black and white, made in 1962 by Chris Marker. Undergoing something of a revival, through its inspiration of Terry Gilliam’s Twelve Monkeys, this is a strangely wonderful … Continue reading →

Following in the footsteps of Pamela Anderson and Kim Basinger, French singer Eve Angeli throws her body and soul in the battle for the ethical treatment of animals. There are no photos of Eve’s soul, but if you have 15 … Continue reading →

STAP (sport student) protestors at the anti-CPE marches in March 2006 British David Tell, student at the Department of French at UCL (University College of London) went to Montpellier in France for his exchange. With his camera, he managed to … Continue reading →

Supersize me: Chateau d’Yquem goes large With good vintages of Chateau d’Yquem selling at upwards of 800 dollars a litre, the king of French sweet wines is among the most expensive elixirs on Earth. And now it’s available in a … Continue reading →

After the Polish plumber, selected Bulgarians and Romanians can also join the French work force With Bulgaria and Romania joining the EC on January 1st, France has made it very clear that not all residents from those countries are welcome. … Continue reading →

This could become a hit: 6,000 official UFO reports go public The French space agency CNES is to publish its archive of UFO sightings and other phenomena online. The French database of around 1,600 incidents will go live in late … Continue reading →

Common sense prevails: why pay three times the price for the same water? Sales of bottled water in France, the largest market in the world, fell 2.6 pct this year, in line with the decline seen in 2005. The high … Continue reading →

Chinese, Italians, Americans are trying to cash in: Last summer, French football player Zinedine Zidane made the headlines with his infamous headbutt during the final of the UEFA World Cup. Now, Italian fashion designer Alessandro Ferrari is trying to cash … Continue reading →

A dream come true? Mobile phones that charge themselves French designers ModeLabs have developed three self-powered cellphone concepts. The designs rely on the inherent movement of their users to regenerate power and signal the possibility of using smaller batteries or … Continue reading →

Newspaper Liberation asked three astrologers and clairvoyants who will win the French presidential elections. Their revelations are bad news for Nicolas Sarkozy. Michael Delmar, astrologist, looked at the expectations of French society and the position of the heavy planets, and … Continue reading →

When designer Coco Chanel unveiled the first real ‘Little Black Dress’ 80 years ago, it caused quite a stir in the world of women’s fashion. Now the iconic garment is so ubiquitous it has its own entry in the online … Continue reading →

British soldier Robert Petersen joined the French Foreign Legion in the eighties, and has nothing but good memories. On his website, he shares many aspects of this strange army. One of them is a rather comprehensive collection of movie posters, … Continue reading →

[youtube]QbWyNCJ-XQ0[/youtube] Every Friday, Frogsmoke gives a French female singer her own space. Today’s “Fille Sourire” is the 28-year old Rose from Nice, singing ‘La Liste‘, from her first (and only) album. The lyrics of the song are here. More girls … Continue reading →