Johanne M. Le Mon

Maïwenn on the nuances of playing Jeanne du Barry to Johnny Depp’s Louis XV

...The auteurs are “a bit jealous” of her success — her films boast big French stars, like Vincent Cassel (Mon roi, 2015) and Louis Garrel (DNA, 2020) — and the commercial camp are “a bit put out that I’m not...

April 6, 2024

FT Magazine

‘Death to the Vikings!’: A day with the 82-year-old king of audiobooks

...“C’mon, man, don’t gabble. Softly now.” Breaking for lunch, we head for the kitchen and bump into Ben Onwukwe, the only other reader in the building today....

October 22, 2022

FT Live

Managing Operational Risk in M&A Transactions

Examining the value of business licensing and property tax in the deal cycle

Womenswear

Taper tantrum — French women bid adieu to the skinny jean

...Blanchet of Mon Vintage....

October 26, 2021

ReviewAlbums

Carla Bruni’s self-titled album is breezy and pleasant but unrevealing

...That was him in “Mon Raymond”, for instance, from her 2013 album Little French Songs....

October 9, 2020

Emmanuel Macron

Transcript: ‘We are at a moment of truth’ (French)

...EM: Ecoutez, d’abord je ne m’étais rien imaginé parce que je m’en suis toujours remis au destin. Et au fond c’est la chose la plus simple à faire. Et en suite il faut être disponible pour le destin....

April 17, 2020

Europe Express

EU set to launch new debate over budget rules

...Le JDD reports on the formal launch of his campaign over the weekend....

February 3, 2020

FT Live

Business of Art

Market shifts and future growth

The Aesthete

Philip Hewat-Jaboor on the allure of peonies and losing sleep over a lion’s head

...Le Caprice, le-caprice.co.uk. Santa Maria Novella, smnovella.com. Truefitt & Hill, truefittandhill.co.uk....

September 25, 2019

ReviewTelevision

The Widow — bereavement-turned-investigative thriller in the Congo

...(Mon, 9pm, episode 2 follows Tues)....

April 5, 2019

News in-depthEuropean Parliament elections

Emmanuel Macron struggles to contain far-right in EU election race

...A Harris Interactive/Epoka poll for Le Figaro published this week put the far-right, Brussels-baiting Rassemblement National (RN) of Marine Le Pen on 22.5 per cent of the vote, fractionally ahead of LREM...

May 15, 2019

ReviewLife & Arts

Womad 2017: triumphant Malians steal the show

...“J’entends dans ta kora/Ton coeur qui bat mon frère”, sang Chedid, sweetly....

July 30, 2017

Life & Arts

Interview with artist Annette Messager

...“Maybe it’s because I’m a woman — an outsider.” ‘Annette Messager: A mon seul désir’, December 9-January 14, mariangoodman.com Photographs: Samuel Kirszenbaum; Studio Annette Messager...

November 11, 2016

Life & Arts

Christian Boltanski — ‘everybody can kill’

...The Musée des Arts Contemporains in Mons, Belgium, for example, has just bought his “Les Registres du Grand-Hornu”, an installation that no longer exists in physical form....

July 29, 2016

Lunch with the FT

Lunch with the FT: Sidney Toledano

...When a situation is really bad I think I’m very calm....

May 27, 2016

FT MagazineJancis Robinson

Baroness Philippine de Rothschild

...I’m sure she then inserted a dramatic pause, before announcing that her friend Plácido Domingo would oblige....

September 12, 2014

Eurozone economy

Ukip and Front National lead populist earthquake

...The gains of the populists could be sufficient for Ms Le Pen to form an anti-EU group with other like-minded parties....

May 26, 2014

FT Live

FTWeekend Festival

Where the FT Weekend paper comes to life

Life & Arts

Vive le roi du rock ’n’ roll

...His current set includes a tribute to “mon ami Jimi”, Hallyday’s francophone version of Hendrix’s “Hey Joe”....

October 19, 2012

ReviewLife & Arts

A juggernaut in Middle-earth

...Pretty much; though as in last week’s Tu seras mon fils and last century’s Tous les matins du monde (1992), Corneau’s best film, it is really all about Yves: cinematographer Yves Angelo, who can take manky...

December 13, 2012

The Secret AgentLife & Arts

We lived in Financial Times

...Quando sono solo sogno all’orizzonte e mancan le parole si lo so che non c’e luce in una stanza quando manca il sole.”...

February 10, 2012

Life & Arts

Laughter à la française

...– a shameless pun on L’Oréal’s beauty product slogan, Parce que je le vale bien (Because I’m worth it) – will regale spectators with the saga of the elderly heiress, the photographer who pocketed nearly...

February 11, 2011

NotebookRobert Shrimsley

Couldn’t lend me a carrier, could you?

...Hope this call finds you dans le bon coeur. Sarkozy: David, how is it hanging? David: Fine, fine....

October 27, 2010

EU Structural Funds

Questions surround EU relocations

...But labour unions have voiced fear that the EU-backed investment in Belgium has threatened the future of an existing H&M warehouse in Le Bourget, France, with claims that work is being shifted away from...

December 1, 2010

Martin LukesWork & Careers

Notes from outside

...two days ago from twitterfeed ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… FROM: Martin.Lukes@IF.co.uk on 29/06/2010TO: Kiara.Sanchez@IF.co.ukSUBJECT: Secret Hi Kiara – Entre nous, it’s mon anniversaire today...

June 30, 2010

Lunch with the FTLife & Arts

Lunch with the FT: Jean-Marie Messier

...In his own account of his downfall, released at that 2002 press conference as Mon Vrai Journal, he attacked me and Martine Orange, the Le Monde journalist with whom I wrote a book about Messier’s adventurism...

February 6, 2009

Life & Arts

Tea in a parallel universe

...the midst of last-minute preparations for the Valentine’s day opening of their latest project, “Mad Vicky’s Tea Gallery”, a café, art gallery, music venue and shop based not in the stylish quarters of Le...

February 17, 2008

Life & Arts

All about memory and madness

...I’m much happier this way. I like that solitary voyage.” ‘Retour en Normandie’ opens in the UK on Friday...

January 12, 2008

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