Paris Memories: Reflections During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Strolling the streets and parks of Paris, pretending I live in the 6th arrondissement, and tasting my way through upscale chocolate shops, local patisseries, and good restaurants are now done only in my memories....
What’s Hot in Paris for 2020
The City of Light is in a constant state of flux, says Jennifer Ladonne, with openings, refurbishments and one-off experiences offering culture vultures something new each time they pay a visit
When Ernest Hemingway described...
Read the Signs: Rue Vaugirard in Paris
Paris’s longest street, and its even longer history
The rue de Vaugirard starts at boulevard Saint-Michel, outside the Sorbonne University, and travels westwards across two arrondissements to end at the Porte de Versailles, tracing its...
Dining at Le Jules Verne atop the Eiffel Tower in Paris
After being completely redesigned and redecorated by the talented Paris-based interior architect Aline Asmar d’Amman, this celebrated restaurant at the Eiffel Tower reopened at the end of August with a new menu by chef...
La Culture: Art News and Must-See Exhibits in Lille, Picardy, Paris
Mediterranean Reverie
In the 1880s, artists flocked to the Mediterranean and plunged into a magical new approach to light and colour. Now you can lose yourself inside a different paradise, seen through the eyes of...
Parisian Walkways: Rue Saint-Blaise, A Village in Eastern Paris
Just half an hour from the heart of touristic Paris you can be in a historic neighbourhood that still maintains its village feel. Jeffrey T Iverson gets on a bus to Charonne...
After a stirring...
In the Criminal-Catching Footsteps of Alphonse Bertillon
Described by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself as better than Sherlock Holmes, this Parisian petty clerk came to change the world of criminology. Chloe Govan explains why we should stop confusing him with a...
Madame’s Collection: Helena Rubinstein at the Musée du Quai Branly
Cosmetics mogul Helena Rubinstein was as intuitive an art collector as she was a savvy entrepreneur.
Her pioneering role in the recognition of art from Africa and Oceania helped elevate such works from being considered...
Paris Brasseries: Dining at Le Gallopin
As a food-loving resident of Paris for more than 30 years, the recent trend that makes me personally happiest is the revival of the French capital’s glorious brasseries – and not just for their...
Wealthy, Scandalous and Powerful: The Patrons of Paris
Marie-Laure de Noailles and Natalie Clifford Barney were both famed for their patronage of the arts but, as Lanie Goodman writes, even within the context of early 20th-century Paris, they were also notorious for...
