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Stories from Opinion
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Uber has won, says French cabbie
JULY 3 ― Will last week’s violent protests in Paris stop Uber? Two Californian-based entrepreneurs hatched the idea behind Uber while struggling to hail a cab...
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Tourist sexually assaulted, by monkeys?
JUNE 20 — I did have a laugh during last week’s French conversation class. A class which over the past year has morphed into an excuse for a leisurely coffee and...
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Paris: A matter of grave concern
JUNE 1 ― Like practically everyone else last week, I had my eye on the most prestigious place to be buried in France — the Panthéon in Paris. Four French World...
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Am I a feminist?
MAY 19 — The working class girl who grew up in the shadow of a closed coal pit is not everyone’s cup of tea. But, as I stood washing dishes, I couldn’t feel...
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Dyslexia and pit bull terriers
APRIL 1 — “I was like a ‘pit bull terrier’ when it came to dealing with my son’s school, fighting for precious extra time for exams and other...
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Chinese New Year in Paris
FEBRUARY 25 — I’m embarrassed to say that it has taken us two years to visit Chinatown Paris. Last Saturday, when the first of the Chinese New Year parades was...
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'Charlie Hebdo': Satirists and their sacred cows
FEBRUARY 4 — “Even the most ruthless satirists have their sacred cows.” What did the poet Saladin Ahmed mean by this in the context of Charlie Hebdo? A month has...
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Today’s edition of 'Charlie Hebdo'
JANUARY 14 ― Have you seen the front cover of today’s Charlie Hebdo? This first edition, published after last Wednesday's horrific terrorist attack on...
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Sunday’s historic march on the streets of Paris
JANUARY 12 — Like the other 1.5 million Parisians, I set aside chores and prior engagements on Sunday and headed into the city to join a historic march that spoke of liberty...
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Paris: Wednesday’s deadly attacks
JANUARY 8 — The unthinkable just happened. Two masked gunmen stormed offices in central Paris killing 12 people. Eight journalists from the French satirical...
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Middle-aged (wo)man in lycra
DECEMBER 22 -- I was asked recently what drove a forty-something female to join the racy ranks of the French cycling classes. I didn’t want to have to explain....
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Ten reasons to like Thanksgiving, more than Christmas
NOVEMBER 27 — I’m a big fan of Thanksgiving, so much so that we celebrated it last Saturday to ensure a good-turnout of mates rather than wait for the official...
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If walls could talk
DECEMBER 2 — I visited an extraordinary building in Paris recently where someone had taken the unusual step of asking its construction workers what they thought and did...
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Lest we forget
NOVEMBER 17 — Lively reminders of the dark side of human nature and the fragility of peace are a good thing. Even for children. Two generations of my family have...
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Less French bashing, more backslapping
NOVEMBER 10 — Enough of “le french bashing et le pessimisme” France’s Prime Minister declared last Monday during a business award ceremony in central...
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Le Suicide français
OCTOBER 30 — When Patrick Modiano learned this month he had won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature he asked his editor why the Swedish Academy had selected him, saying he...
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Ebola outbreak in France: Not if, but when?
OCTOBER 13 — France could soon be facing its own home-grown Ebola cases as has happened in America and Spain, unless it is very lucky. Projections made by scientists at...
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Totalement Désarçonnés: The best graffiti in town
OCTOBER 6 — I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling distinctly jaded by the news right now. The global ISIS crisis, a possible Ebola pandemic...
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France’s struggle with ISIS
SEPTEMBER 26 — We are in a state of shock over the beheading of a French tourist in Algeria on Wednesday. There is no doubt about it: ISIS has brought terror directly into...