Monthly Archives: February 2007

[youtube]9dmYqIW4gLU[/youtube] In France, showing sex and nudity in public media is a lot less of a problem than in most other countries. This animated video (3:34), created by AIDES, is quite explicit, so don’t play it if that sort of … Continue reading →

It’s not all bad wine news from France: French wine starlet set for UK launch One of France’s fastest rising wine brands, Fruité Catalan, is set to launch in UK supermarkets later this year. The move will enable UK wine … Continue reading →

France may be a liberal country in many respects, but some people go just a bit too far: Dentist makes two million euros declaring crowns he didn’t sell A dentist billed the national health service (aka Secu) for dental prostheses … Continue reading →

A good find on The French Journal: French wine videos Here’s “Bordeaux’s Key to Greatness“: There’s also an instructive video about decoding wine labels: “Bordeaux Label Lingo“. Source | View all videos

Heads will roll again – if Le Pen has his way. Just when it looked like the old man had mellowed down: Le Pen wants the death penalty back French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen launched his fifth bid to … Continue reading →

Ramses II will look a lot better when he has his hair back. Remember the story of the man who tried to sell pharao’s hair? The lock is on its way back home. France is to hand over to Egypt … Continue reading →

Sarkozy in his own words: in France, in the UK and in the USA. Nicolas Sarkozy’s book Temoignage, which was an incredible bestseller in France last summer (over 300,000 copies sold), is now out in English under the title Testimony. … Continue reading →

Chirac to Blair: “Leo will not thank you if you take Britain into war.“ Revealed in BBC documentary: Blair ignored Chirac’s warning of Iraq ‘disaster’ A top aide to Tony Blair said the British PM ignored French President Jacques Chirac’s … Continue reading →

“You don’t need to look. You just need to drive…” A well-made interactive promotion for a Nokia multimedia car kit: A mysterious femme fatale is in need of your services. She has to reach three addresses in Paris in a … Continue reading →

Who is who in the French presidential elections? A majority of people in other Western countries are unfamiliar with the leading candidates for the French presidency, according to a recent survey. The survey, which was carried out online in six … Continue reading →

Frog-powered: the new BMW Series 1. Is this BMW’s admission that the French make better diesels? German carmaker BMW is for the first time to install engines made, not in Germany, but in France, according to a report in the … Continue reading →

“Lady Chatterley”, a steamy but critically acclaimed version of D.H. Lawrence’s classic novel of passion and deception, won the best film and four other top prizes at France’s Cesars film awards yesterday. The film, directed by Pascal Ferran beat the … Continue reading →

On Dark Roasted Blend: Construction of the Millau Bridge in France The Millau bridge over the River Tarn in the Massif Central mountains is more than 300m (984ft) high – taller even than the Eiffel Tower. With its concrete and … Continue reading →

The Observer has a long article about French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld. Carine Roitfeld is in trouble. For being too sexy, or too sexual, or even sexist, according to where you stand on the use of fetishism in fashion. A … Continue reading →

On the day Hollywood sweats with Oscar fever: a short film about the price of success in the movie business. Christophe Valet is a young director, dreaming of winning coveted prizes at film festivals. Unfortunately, success doesn’t come easy. Before … Continue reading →