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Introducing the new developments, properties and people taking centre stage as the city celebrates a landmark year
...“He didn’t know the big fortunes of France a few years ago and now he does,” said Niel....
...Kaori de RougéLa Vendée, France...
...Skateboarders and breakdancers will compete at Place de la Concorde, archers will let their arrows fly at Les Invalides, while equestrians will saddle up at the palace of Versailles....
...I sold it to a gallery on Rue de Seine. That’s how it all really started.”...
...Icarus Esso (1986), a canvas by Jean-Michel Basquiat, which is almost 3m long, spans the length of another wall....
...Michel Chaudun worked at Maison du Chocolat before opening his own store on Rue de L’Université in 1986, cherished for its Wonka-like displays....
...Faure quotes the sociologist Michel Maffesoli as saying that French dinners are the site of three exchanges: of goods, love and ideas....
...Some 80 per cent of ingredients will have to be sourced from France across the event, including 100 per cent for beef and eggs, with an onus on regional produce: locally grown melons will be on the menu...
...“I didn’t study in France and my friends were in the UK. So that was the beginning of the idea — and then Covid happened.”...
...Also coming to Christie’s is Claude Monet’s dappled “Moulin de Limetz” (1888), which will be offered for between $18mn and $25mn this May in New York (guaranteed)....
...Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), the French diplomat and political philosopher, whose Democracy in America made him famous, knew Great Britain and its ruling class as well as he knew his own country, France...
...Unfortunately, not everyone in France is as easy-going as Jandard....
Grown-ups are needed in these troubled times but must do a better job on the climate problem
...It comes as France has recently moved to the highest alert level for terror attacks....
...a firm non from France’s constitutional court....
...This exploration helped them to understand how they could link the Jardin des Tuileries and the Jardin des Champs-Élysées....
...I often pop into Galerie Vallois on Rue de Seine to see work by artists and designers I absolutely love such as Jean-Michel Frank....
...De Gaulle’s question is relevant because it would arise, in a revised form, if the US removed its nuclear umbrella over Europe and France was called upon to replace it....
...It certainly wasn’t all late-night get-togethers at the Café de Flore....
...Just off Place de la Concorde, down a quiet stretch of street between Rue Saint-Honoré and Rue de Rivoli, an unmarked wrought-iron door leads to a serene residential courtyard....
...Now the legendary restaurant off the Place de la Concorde has been given a makeover....
...Michel Barnier arrives, carrying, of course, two folders full of papers. Tall and debonair, the former Brexit negotiator knows the power of appearances....
...Dozens of angry farmers stormed the annual Salon de l’Agriculture in Paris before it opened on Saturday, wrestling with police who tried to contain the crowds. Several protesters were arrested....
...One of France’s 31 qualified architectes en chef des monuments historiques, a body of specialised architects attached to the Ministry of Culture, his state-designated dominion is the ritzy 8th arrondissement...
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