Portable record player – the Oscar goes to Teppaz. For only one day in my life, 50 years ago, I saw, touched, and heard the most incredible music machine of my life. I saw it for the second time yesterday, in April 2025, and I was just as mesmerized. But it was behind a glassContinue reading “Portable record player – the Oscar goes to Teppaz”
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Left Bank in Song: Parisian history through lyrics and music
Left Bank in Song: Parisian history through lyrics and music. La rive gauche en chansons – The Left Bank in Song – was an evocative exhibition held in Paris from 10-28 April 2025. It offered a visual and artistic journey through the districts of the Left Bank – the Luxembourg Gardens, Montparnasse, Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and more. Each neighbourhood wasContinue reading “Left Bank in Song: Parisian history through lyrics and music”
Sailing Dreams: Toy Yachts of the Paris Luxembourg Garden
Sailing Dreams: Toy Yachts of the Paris Luxembourg Garden. In the Paris Jardin du Luxembourg – the Luxembourg Garden – is a simple spectacle that has delighted children for generations — toy yachts in the water of the park’s historic pond. This man-made pond, known as the Grand Bassin, is more than just a water feature; itContinue reading “Sailing Dreams: Toy Yachts of the Paris Luxembourg Garden”
Portraits of booksellers by Alain Cornu, Paris
Portraits of booksellers by Alain Cornu, Paris. French photographer Alain Cornu photographed nearly 170 booksellers in Paris between 2021 and 2024 – mostly the bouquinistes along the river Seine and their distinctive green boxes. The Paris Booksellers’ Cultural Association is holding an exhibition of the first photographs of their guild, taken by photographer Alain Cornu.Continue reading “Portraits of booksellers by Alain Cornu, Paris”
Put a ring on it – Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower
Put a ring on it – Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower.
Petit Palais – let’s party at the Little Palace, Paris
Petit Palais – let’s party at the Little Palace, Paris.
French Resistance – photography exhibition
French Resistance – photography exhibition. The photography exhibition, “The National Council of the Resistance” – the French Resistance – on the railings of the Town Hall of the 14th arrondissement of Paris, from 17 May to 1 June 2024, addresses the theme of the Occupation and the beginnings of the Resistance in 1944.
The French café: open ‘like a lighthouse in the night’
The French café: open ‘like a lighthouse in the night.’ A photography exhibition in Paris is a tribute to the women and men across France who keep cafés open ‘like a lighthouse in the night.’ Along the railings of the park next to the Town Hall of the 14th arrondissement in Paris is a photographyContinue reading “The French café: open ‘like a lighthouse in the night’”
The Banquet of Bread – portraits of artisanal bakers in Paris
The Banquet of Bread – portraits of artisanal bakers in Paris. Bread is the ‘staff of life’ – or as some say, the ‘stuff of life’ – everywhere in the world. Bread and its bakers sustain life – le pain et ses boulangers soutiennent la vie. There are many references to bread in James Joyce’s novels onContinue reading “The Banquet of Bread – portraits of artisanal bakers in Paris “
The Grilles of the Luxembourg Garden: photography exhibitions
The Grilles of the Luxembourg Garden: photography exhibitions. On the perimeter of the Luxembourg Garden – Jardin du Luxembourg – is a large black iron fence – railings topped with gold-coloured arrows. It is called the Grilles du Jardin du Luxembourg – the Grilles of the Luxembourg Garden. In 1865, during Louis Napoleon’s reconstruction of Paris, theContinue reading “The Grilles of the Luxembourg Garden: photography exhibitions”