Roger Tallon exhibition
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!
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 […]
Hidden Treasures: Allée des Cygnes
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 […]
5 Paris activities more romantic than a lovelock
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 […]
City of Names: Charles Dickens
“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 […]
City of Names: Josephine Baker
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 […]
Dark Spaces: The Sewer Museum
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 […]
