Today Prime Minster May meets President Hollande. Their first meeting at this level and among the opening moves of the Brexit. Yesterday Mrs May met with President Merkel and the appearance suggested a good rapport and that, as we say, ‘they could do business’. We will watch the body language today (it says more than … Continue Reading
France is in mourning following the carnage in Nice. On Thursday evening, I was with some friends, old and new, in Lille Esplanade. A large crowd had gathered to watch the customary Bastille Day Fireworks. The firework display duly started at 11 pm, with the happy crowd cheering with each spectacular flash of light in … Continue Reading
In a few hours, I will be arrived in Avignon. It is a charming city of the south of the France, in Provence. There is a big and famous theatre festival for three weeks in July. It happens every year. Last July, I went to Avignon and spent two days over there, attended to 6 … Continue Reading
How deep is your love for the sport ? I hope it is deep because when you listen to the radio, it is difficult to know what is happening in the world. Of course, there is football, but the “tour de France” has begun, and the Olympic Games will begin in a couple of weeks. If … Continue Reading
Brexit is a very important event. Here are the points of view of some friends of us who live in Nottingham. Philip is a former policeman; Kate works with a judge…
Today I finally managed to see the Modigliani Exhibition at Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider Art (LaM) in Villeneuve-d’Ascq. This time I was wise enough to go by metro and bus, which took less than half an hour. (I did come back on foot though. It’s such a beautiful day today…) Pascale … Continue Reading
I was disappointed and very angry this morning when I heard something on the radio that reminds me black hours of our French History. In a town of Normandy, Ouistreham, well-known because of the Liberation and the USA landing of 1944, in this town, where you can take a ferry to go to England, only … Continue Reading
The word AMITRAM stands for “Society of the International Museum of Metropolitan Transport”, (in French: Association du Musée International des Transports Métropolitains). This association exists since 1968 to preserve the heritage of urban transport (trams, buses, trolley buses). It owns more than 70 vehicles from France (different areas), Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. The largest … Continue Reading
Tomorrow afternoon, I was at LaM to see the Modigliani exhibition. It was a very interesting moment! The exhibition shows the evolution of the work of this incredible artist who was Amadeo Modigliani. He took his first inspiration from Egyptian and African primitive art… Modigliani preferred over all painted portraits and particularly his friend’s artist’s … Continue Reading