Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...F1, the world’s top single-seater championship, has seen its profits boosted by newfound success in the United States, where celebrities have flocked to new races in Miami and Las Vegas....
...L’Objet Sumi collection, from £30....
...Maestros from La Scala’s pantheon of conductors have made L’amore dei tre re (“The Love of the Three Kings”) what it is: Italo Montemezzi’s best-known opera....
...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....
...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....
...Vignes de L’Enfant Jesus....
...At 51, he retains all the old silky skills, not just turns (generally the last thing to go), but nimble batterie and exquisite double tours en l’air....
...May 20 to June 9; further information and tickets here Festivals Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés Saint-Germain-des-Prés Church, the Odéon Theatre de l’Europe, Maison des Océans and Paris-Sorbonne...
...In 2022, McKillen was awarded L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government for his contribution to the country’s culture....
...Departing L’Hôtel, our boutique base camp in the crenellated shadow of the city’s Château des ducs de Bretagne, we located the distinctive orange-and-blue markings of La Vélodyssée easily enough and quickly...
...Now the legendary restaurant off the Place de la Concorde has been given a makeover....
...Head to Carrer de l’Argenteria for provisions: Sans & Sans sells teas, and Casa Gispert, a beautiful shop from 1851, roasts all sorts of nuts over wood....
...Everywhere you look there are treasures being reinstated, from the trompe l’oeil mounted canvases in the Palais de la Découverte that had previously been hidden, where a grisaille technique gives the appearance...
...Cold-weather imbibing is better in the basement, at Hijos de Tomás, Thompson’s lively piano bar and speakeasy....
...My first port of call is África Fusión, a cosy Senegalese joint just a short dash through the driving rain from Lavapiés metro on fashionable Calle de Argumosa....
...He is scathing of the situation around the Place de la Concorde and Place de l’Étoile (“they’ve become huge roundabouts”), while other areas (“that should be magnets for people”) have been cut off by roads...
...The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), which governs motorsport, has agreed to let Michael Andretti add a team to the grid....
...An essay on Assia Djebar’s film La Nouba des femmes du Mont Chenoua (1979), featuring a woman architect returning to the mountainous region of her childhood, flits, as Sedira does, between documentary, activism...
...Pear syrup with just enough freshness.£13.50 a half Tesco Philippe et Jacques Guignard, L’Ouest de Lamothe Guignard 2010 Sauternes (13.5%)A snip unearthed by buyer Jane Masters MW....
...In front of Les Invalides there is a café with a big terrace called Café de l’Esplanade, with the same owners as Hôtel Costes....
...Renoir’s “Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette” (1876) captured revellers in Montmartre as a dance of curves and looping forms, darker and brighter costumes a mesh of harmonious colour though which light streams...
...Arte The brand’s showroom on Rue de l’Abbaye will be a portal to Hawaii through new wallpapers inlaid or embroidered with rattan and raffia....
...Dates to be announced; further information here soon August Events La Madonna della Neve Every August 5, Rome celebrates La Madonna della Neve (Our Lady of the Snows) by recreating a miraculous summer...
...14:30 Palais de la Bahia Fleur candle by D’Orsay x LRNCE, £90 With notes of clove and cardamom, this candle is inspired by Morocco, where the ceramic vessel is made by hand. harrods.com Sinking Sun for...
...Luces (outside Lastres) and PuebloAstur, the takeover and extravagant makeover of an entire country village near Villar de la Cuesta....
International Edition