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Bust of Caesar Made in His Lifetime Found in Rhone
BBC: Divers in France have found the oldest known bust of Roman dictator Julius Caesar at the bottom of the River Rhone, officials have said. The marble bust was found near Arles, which was founded by...
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They Rather Enjoyed It
London Times: A recent history, titled 1940-1945 Erotic Years: Vichy or the Misfortunes of Virtue by Patrick Buisson, argues that France’s surrender to Nazi Germany was more complete than is generally...
View ArticleIf It Dances, Regulate It
France is just a little further along the same path of progressive statism we ourselves are headed down. Dominique Poirier (our European correspondent) forwards a recent item from the London Times...
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Colombia Rescues 15 Hostages, Including Betancourt, From Marxist Rebels
French citizen and former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt held captive for six years by Marxist FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) guerillas, along with fourteen other...
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Paleolithic Cave Art of Southern France
Horses & rhinos from Chauvet Cave You can’t read this excellent article by Judith Thurman, biographer of Isak Dineson, on the Paleolithic cave art of Southern France at the New Yorker web-site,...
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New Record House Price
Villa Leopolda, Villefranche-sur-Mer Charles Bremmer reports from Paris, in the London Times, that Russians are not only gobbling up real estate in the Republic of Georgia. Let’s hope they overpay...
View ArticleNude Models Protest in Paris
TopNews reports on the latest struggle for the rights of man in the City of Light. A huge number of models in Paris, who pose in the buff and perform as muses for artists, took to the streets in a...
View ArticleWild Boars Declared Public Menace in France
John Lichfield reports that Asterix’s beloved sanglier has multiplied five times over the last two decades. In the forest close to our house in Normandy, we have neighbours that we never see....
View ArticleWho Knows What They’ll Tax Next?
Qui sait ce qu'ils taxeront ensuite ? Satirical video from French taxpayers organizations: http://www.lecri.fr et http://www.contribuables.org Hat tip to David Wagner.
View ArticleFormer French Minister Suffers Lapsa Linguis
Sifi: French politician Rachida Dati says “fellatio” comment was slip of tongue. Former French justice minister Rachida Dati has said the reason the word inflation came out as fellatio during her...
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Presumptive DNA of Louis XVI Identified
A new paper in Forensic Science International: Genetics by Carles Lalueza-Fox, Elena Gigli, Carla Bini, Francesc Calafella, Donata Luiselli, Susi Pelotti, and Davide Pettener details the results of...
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“I Don’t Feel Left-Wing Anymore”
Carla Bruni The Telegraph reports that Carla Bruni, wife of French President is changing her political stance. The supermodel-turned-singer’s reputation as a “luvvie Lefty” has been cited as a major...
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A Strike I’d Actually Support
A drink or two helps with this sort of thing. The Telegraph reports that the French riot police are threatening to go out on strike to resist the French nanny state. The issuing of alcohol to men...
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French Satire Magazine Charlie Hebdo Firebombed For Publishing Mohammed Cover
Translation: “One hundred lashes if you don’t die laughing!” Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical journal, was in 2007 the only publication in France to print the Danish Mohammed cartoons. As a result,...
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French Leave, French Disease, French Letter, French Elections
The dinosaur is wearing a “PS” (Parti socialiste) pin in his beret. Tim Blair offers some quotations as commentary on the French election. P.J. O’Rourke in 2008: France is a treasure to mankind....
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French Muslims Elected Socialist François Hollande
Dan Freedman has some data on the recent French election that most Americans had not realized. This is from a friend in France: Hello to my American friends, As you know, the Socialist François...
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Lalique Art Nouveau Brooch
René Lalique, Serpents brooch, 1898-1899. One of my European Facebook friends forwarded a photo of the above piece of jewelry, which I, at least, failed to recognize as Lalique. My curiosity is...
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France Closes 20 Embassies After French Satire Magazine Again Publishes...
Captions: “Untouchables 2—Must Not Mock” The French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo again has published some cartoon images mocking Islamic religious hypersensitivity, as the Australian Herald Sun...
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Sts. Cyril and Methodius to Have Halos and Crosses Restored
The religious-symbol-neutered version previously scheduled for production. Original story After strong objections by the Catholic Church which were taken up in the national parliament of Slovakia by...
View ArticleBlessing of Hounds and St. Hubert Mass For Brittany Boar Hunt
The hunt is the Vautrait Piqu’Avant Bretagne, founded 2009, which hunts the wild boar in the forests of Brittany with a pack comprised of 35 couple of Anglo-French tricolor and black-and-tan...
View ArticleFrench Catfish Taking Pigeons
CP Entertainment: A researcher from Paul Sabatier University, Julien Cucherousset, heard from local fisherman that in River Tarn of Southwestern France catfish hunt pigeons in addition to other prey....
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French Air Force Sending a Message to the High Command
Charles Godefroy taking his Nieuport 11 “Bébé” through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on August 7th, 1919. Wikipedia: For the occasion of the victory parade on the Champs Élysées on 14 July 1919,...
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” I Have Seen the Future, and It Is Idiocy”
Theodore Dalrymple reflects, in Taki’s magazine, on the modern state’s law enforcement priorities and their deeper meaning. A couple of American filmmakers came to Paris to interview me—it always...
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European Hate Speech Indictments
A police helicopter flying over Glasgow, Scotland last Friday lost control and crashed into the roof of a crowded Irish pub, killing three on board and six customers. An additional 32 persons present...
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Hunting Red Deer in Normandy
French photographer Eric Dubos recently went out with L’équipage Kermaingant et le Pays de Normandie* hunting in the Forêt d Ecouves and got some great pictures. *French hunts are all called either...
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