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Summer Pick Up / Sunny Sony

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It’s the hottest f***ing day of the whole summer. Cars are melting tires first into the melting tarmac […]

August 12, 2020 Art, Bourges, Edgelands, Fashion, France, photography, Provincial France, Small town, summer

Glamour in Cannes

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71st Cannes Film Festival got underway a few days back. Here is a personal angle on the theme […]

May 12, 2018 Art, Cannes, Cinema, collage, Culture, Fashion, photography, TRAVEL

Those Frenchmen who don’t change their undies

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Things of a seductive and lacey nature as Paris played host to its annual Salon de la Lingerie. […]

January 21, 2018 Culture, Economy, Fashion, France, Lingerie, underwear

Pistols in Paris and thoughts on Punk.

Punk Rock – forty years young this week – the release of Anarchy in the UK by the […]

November 27, 2016 Ageing, Culture, Fashion, France, French, History, Music, Paris

The Fate of Dictators and Revolutionaries

  Is this the fate that befalls all dead dictators and revolutionaries ? – to become a fashion statement […]

November 27, 2016 Ageing, Fashion, History, politics, Rock 'n' Roll

Not waving but Drowning

More misspelt ramblings on life in France. This one is all about flag waving (and  What’s in a […]

November 29, 2015 Culture, Death, Education, Fashion, France, French, Heritage, History, Paris, politics, Revolution, TERRORISM, Time Travel

Rambling Thoughts on Summer fashions for Men (nearing 50)

Midweek Summer Morning in my Local Supermarket. I am pushing on fifty and I look exactly like all […]

August 22, 2015 Ageing, Fashion, Holidays, Rock 'n' Roll, Shopping, summer

More Parisian Daze or Sweaty Kebab Wet DoG Nicotine

06.49am ; on a train, in a station. What an UNGODLY HOUR. I’m not even sure that the Almighty […]

May 28, 2015 Crime, Fashion, Money, Paris, Smoking, Tourism, TRAVEL

1905 And All That – or – Jesus Mary Joseph, Vegetairains with Crew Cuts and Free Thinkers

Thoughts on the “F” Word and some seasonal religious rantings So, what’s in a creche? (Or Nativity scene) […]

December 14, 2014 Christmas, Culture, Education, Fashion, France, Fun, Heritage, History, Holidays, Philosophy, Religion, Teaching

Goodbye My Old Friend

« Goodbye my old friend, » I whispered, gently patting him on the shoulder and then stroking his sleeve. I […]

October 25, 2014 Ageing, Culture, Death, Fashion, Heritage, History, Life, Music, Smoking

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