Category: French Culture A Rotating World Isn’t Good When You’re Sitting Still, and Free Museums
Alain Passard, Revolutionary 3-Star Michelin Chef Who Went All Veggie
The 100-Year Anniversary of Proust’s Final Night on the Town
The Secret Governing Body of the French Resistance and its Plan for “Happy Days”

In today’s political climate where bipartisanship is increasingly rare, I found this relatively obscure story about the French Resistance to be particularly hopeful. In 1943, under the iron grip of German occupation, an improbable group of 19 Frenchmen met in secret to design a plan of retaliation as well as…
The Foremost Photographer Of The Belle Époque’s Superstars

I’ve previously written about Nadar, the colorful French author, artist, and entrepreneur who first made a name for himself in the middle of the 19th-century as a caricaturist. Nadar’s Panthéon is a colossal lithograph containing a long parade of 250 heralded writers of the day. It took Nadar two years…
French Presidential Election, The Left Turns its Back on Macron

A punishing 3-hour debate between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen on Wednesday revealed stark differences between the two candidates. Yet, many wonder if Macron has done enough to garner support from the disillusioned left. On Sunday, French citizens will head to the polls for the second and final round…
Marie Antoinette’s Most Famous Portrait Briefly Silenced her Critics
A Rotating World Isn’t Good When You’re Sitting Still, and Free Museums
Alain Passard, Revolutionary 3-Star Michelin Chef Who Went All Veggie
The 100-Year Anniversary of Proust’s Final Night on the Town
The Secret Governing Body of the French Resistance and its Plan for “Happy Days”

In today’s political climate where bipartisanship is increasingly rare, I found this relatively obscure story about the French Resistance to be particularly hopeful. In 1943, under the iron grip of German occupation, an improbable group of 19 Frenchmen met in secret to design a plan of retaliation as well as…
The Foremost Photographer Of The Belle Époque’s Superstars

I’ve previously written about Nadar, the colorful French author, artist, and entrepreneur who first made a name for himself in the middle of the 19th-century as a caricaturist. Nadar’s Panthéon is a colossal lithograph containing a long parade of 250 heralded writers of the day. It took Nadar two years…
French Presidential Election, The Left Turns its Back on Macron

A punishing 3-hour debate between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen on Wednesday revealed stark differences between the two candidates. Yet, many wonder if Macron has done enough to garner support from the disillusioned left. On Sunday, French citizens will head to the polls for the second and final round…