Thirza's Take: Are the French More Rude Than Others?

• Mme. Vallois gives us a response as thoughtful and modulated as her guide books. In other words, there is no ...

Memory

• An utterly amazing fragment of prose. Anyone who can write this well ought to be famous.

The French Economy - is it taking a hit?

• Travellers who pay in pounds stirling will be coming less often and spending less money in the UK.

Are the French Changing?

• This bears out my own experience, as narrated in my website: paris-bistros