Mae hi wedi bod yn wych croesawu ymwelwyr i'r diwrnod agored heddiw! / It's been great welcoming visitors to today's open day!

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Paris Saint-Germain's largest club shop is located within the Stade Jean Bouin. This is across the road from their own ground the Parc des Princes, at the stadium where Paris FC now play their home games #FridayFrenchFootballFact

New world record for fastest time to reach second floor of Eiffel Tower on a mountain bike... See this Instagram post by @toureiffelofficielle www.instagram.com/reel/DPWlZqE...

Si les JO revenaient à Paris en 2124, à quoi se ressembleraient-t-ils? L'Equipe essaie d'apporter une réponse... www.lequipe.fr/Tous-sports/...

I'm watching coverage of Monaco against Nice. These were the two closest together teams in Ligue 1 before Paris FC were promoted last season and moved into a stadium across the road from Paris Saint-Germain.

Time to review the proofs of my forthcoming book...

Really looking forward to this year's @footballcollective.bsky.social conference in Belfast, always a great event. This year I'm presenting a paper entitled 'Scoundrels, exploiters and victims: football agents in French sports films'. www.ulster.ac.uk/conference/f...

Ready for the start of a new academic year...

Made some lemon sorbet while watching Strasbourg against Marseille last night. I think I did pretty well to get into the Stade de la Meinau with all the ingredients, a stove and a mini freezer.

For Eurosport, in French: PSG have just renewed their partnership with 'controversial' Russian-Cypriot gambling operator 1XBet, which is illegal in France and has been described as "the Wagner Group of sports betting" by a top French official. What is going on? www.eurosport.fr/football/lig...

Last week, I was in Paris for a research workshop entitled 'Manhood in the Métropole: Representing Masculinities in Contemporary French Culture'. I talked about images of masculinity in French sports films. It was great to hear so many fascinating presentations by fellow participants.

On the Rue du Dragon in Paris, the traffic lights go red when a dragon breathes red fire at them and green when the dragon breathes green fire at them.

Almost a month after it was expected to appear, the final episode of 6-part fly-on-the wall series about Olympique de Marseille has been released. Here's a blog post I wrote about the delay: drjonathanervine.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/s...

As part of the upcoming Bangor History Festival, I'll be chairing a session about Football and Identity in Bangor and North Wales (Saturday 18 October, 11-12, Pontio PL2). www.bangor.ac.uk/events/bango...

#LifeGoals Experience: I am the world porridge-making champion www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Great to spend a few days in Paris this week.

Yesterday went on a fascinating guided tour of the Espaces d'Abraxas estate in Noisy-le-Grand.

This week's dose of football: US Saint-Maur Lusitanos against GFA Rumilly Vallières in the French fourth tier.

France 98 photo exhibition in Paris. Features pictures by Stéphane Meunier, director of the iconic fly-on-the-wall documentary about France's 1998 World Cup victory 'Les Yeux dans les Bleus'.

Returning to the UK from France with cheese in your luggage will not be tolerated... :-(

Just seen the first cover image of my new book, which is due out just before Christmas.

As Wales get ready to face Canada in Swansea on Tuesday evening, Iwan Williams revisits the team’s first overseas adventure – the historic 15-match tour of Canada in 1929

Sans jamais rien lâcher: une série documentaire sur Olympique de Marseille qui n'est pas sans rappeler Brice de Nice. #OM #Ligue1 drjonathanervine.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/s...

Is Marseille's 'Sans jamais rien lâcher' an example of how not to make a football documentary? Read more here... drjonathanervine.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/s...

When scheduling matches, I do wish the French football authorities would take into account when and where I'm going to be in France on research trips.

Been watching documentary about Olympique de Marseille's 24-25 season. It's made by the club so not very revealing. But unexpected highlight of episode 4 is Neal Maupay telling slightly rude penguin joke.

Film about the World Porridge Championships coming out next month! releasing.dogwoof.com/the-golden-s...

Time for another starter for ten...

Blackberry sorbet, made with blackberries from our garden

Just discovered that BBC are showing a live Bundesliga game every Friday, starting with tonight's match between Bayern Munich and Leipzig. Nice. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

French equilvalent of Mary Berry steps down from the country's version of the Bake Off, prompting tribute from France's Minister of Culture: tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv...

Looking forward to listening to this!

Not the most reassuring response when your phone tries to scan your face to estimate your age...

Just created a mini-league called 'Francophiles' for anyone playing Fantasy Premier League with an interest in France. Here's the link: fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto... Code: 4hgzz3

Due to almost half the players in my Fantasy Premier League team being French speakers and the tradition for team names to involve cheesy football-related puns, I've decided to call it P.S.Brie.

Policing of away football fans in France has become very repressive. Between 8am-midnight on Sunday, Lille fans are banned from driving/parking on public roads in Brest. The 250 attending must travel by minibus/coach and be escorted from services 20 miles from the city.

Rydw i'n difaru peidio cyfieithu mwy o fy jôcs gorau i'r Gymraeg cyn mynd i'r Eisteddfod yn Wrecsam heddiw

Wedi mwynhau bod yn yr Eisteddfod heddiw

Took younger son and some of his friends go karting. The noise, dangerous moves going round corners, unconventional approaches to driving....And that was just the Caernarfon bypass on the way there.

Even the Smurfs have shifted to the right... ‘They all looked the same, they all dressed the same’: has Hollywood distorted the Smurfs’ communist roots? www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...

We made our first visit to Joia Gelato in Menai Bridge recently and it certainly won't be our last. What a choice of amazing flavours! I went for coffee & walnut and cocoa & ginger. Very tasty and fantastic value at a mere £3.40 too.

Pan oedd yr Eisteddfod yn Wrecsam yn 2011, wnes i recordio pennod arbennig o bodlediad o'r enw 'Mwydro ym Mangor'. Doedd y gyfres ddim cweit mor lwyddiannus â Welcome to Wrexham, ond i fi roedd hi'n rhan hwyl o ddysgu Cymraeg a magu hyder fel siaradwr www.podomatic.com/podcasts/mwy...

Meddwl am fynd i'r Eisteddfod yn Wrecsam ar ddydd Llun. Braf iawn gweld sawl digwyddiad am bêl-droed yn y rhaglen ar brynhawn Llun.

This year I've been writing a book about French sports films. Went to French Museum of Sport exhibition about sport and cinema in May. Heard music from Chariots of Fire on arrival. Film's opening scene was shot in St. Andrews, which I visited last week and where I began learning French in the 1990s.

Oh la vache! 🐄 Tour de France route changed because of diseased cows - www.bbc.com/sport/cyclin...

Just submitted the manuscript of my forthcoming book about contemporary French sports films...

[email protected] have a 50% off summer sale on until 20 July. Using code 27SUMMER means you can order my book Humour in Contemporary France for £12.49 plus P&P. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

Are you watching the Tour de France this year? Maybe you'll hear Rob Hatch, one of our graduates. Here's a video of him using his language skills on the Giro d'Italia a few years ago... youtu.be/7K9Z-3Mbmos?...

I recently wrote a book chapter entitled 'Les Bleus and the Republic: Diversity, difference and discrimination' for Udo Merkel's book Racism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia in European Football. It's available via open access here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...