Links for Sunday 13 July 2008:

Frankest interview yet: Carla Bruni on music, love and Sarkozy
More Bruni: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy loves ‘feminine’ Englishmen
And more: Wife of French President Nicholas Sarkozy lays claim to ‘ordinary’ life
Betancourt: Caught in the snake pit of drugs and crime
Vive le franc: Defiant village snubs the Euro
Double whammy in Nice: Angelina Jolie gives birth to twins
Shadows of the past: France relives spirit of ’98, but death overshadows party
Ugly but modish: A New Fashion Catches On in Paris – Cheap Bicycle Rentals
Money laundering: Lourdes fears priestly scandal will make profits dry up
Ever lasting shame: Ghosts of collaboration haunt Vichy’s attempt to rehabilitate its image
Marie-Therese: The Fate of Marie Antoinette’s Daughter by Susan Nagel (book review)
Tourist attraction: Bergues: the village home to France’s biggest film