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Roger Tallon exhibition

September 11, 2016by andrewjameswriter 2 Comments

You may not have heard of Roger Tallon, but if you’ve spent any time traveling in France, you’ll have definitely encountered his work. Tallon was a prolific designer who started […]

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Barbie exhibition – last chance to see!

September 9, 2016by andrewjameswriter 1 Comment

She was born in 1959. She’s one of the most famous women in the world and is an incredible polymath, having tried her hand at dozens of careers. Among the […]

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Hidden Treasures: Allée des Cygnes

January 19, 2015by andrewjameswriter 10 Comments

One of my favourite places in all of Paris is frustratingly under-exposed through the usual guide books and tourist information sites. Right next to the Eiffel Tower, the Allée des […]

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5 Paris activities more romantic than a lovelock

September 28, 2014by andrewjameswriter 9 Comments

Those of you who follow me on Twitter may have noticed how much I dislike the plague of padlocks that is spreading across Paris like a slowly-rusting mould. The so-called lovelocks […]

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City of Names: Charles Dickens

August 16, 2014by andrewjameswriter Leave a comment

“I cannot tell you what an immense impression Paris made upon me. It is the most extraordinary place in the world.” Charles Dickens, 1844. As a Brit, if you asked […]

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City of Names: Josephine Baker

May 4, 2014by andrewjameswriter 6 Comments

The fiction I write brings together Parisian history and urban legends and to ensure I know enough about it to write with confidence, I do a tonne of research and […]

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Dark Spaces: The Sewer Museum

January 31, 2014by andrewjameswriter 2 Comments

The aspect of Paris that I find most fascinating is what’s underneath it. In fact, most of the fiction I write heavily features the vast expanse of city that hides […]

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Dark Spaces, Paris

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