In which I write about the beauty of Saint Malo in Autumn👇 www.ft.com/content/9235...

Password for Louvre’s video surveillance system was ‘Louvre.’ www.thetimes.com/world/europe...

Trivia. Nicolas #Sarkozy eats only #yogurts in prison, according to @LePoint. Is this a special Petit Filou diet?

And some in #France think we should #tax more… What about we spend less and better? #Budget

Call me contrarian but this (very critical) review of the Goncourt winning « La Maison Vide » is very funny. And rings true. www.lexpress.fr/culture/livr...

Bloody hell! The #MoulinRouge owner wants to destroy both the homes (now small museums) of poets #JacquesPrévert and #BorisVian which are open to the public and have been preserved by their respective families since their death. www.thetimes.com/world/europe...

It is official, two of the four Louvre thieves have been arrested. The details here 👇 Cambriolage au Louvre : ce que l’on sait après l’interpellation de deux suspects lepoint.fr/tiny/1-2601781 #Société via @LePoint

The new spot for a selfie in Paris is .... Yes, there, at the Louvre, just at the corner where four schmucks used a ladder and then stole our Crown's jewels. www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/cam...

"The guards did not try to intervene to stop them" (They followed instructions to lead visitors to safety). 🤨 www.thetimes.com/world/europe...

Only 51% of French people want new elections today (they were 66% a fortnight ago). Sébastien Lecornu is doing well, or not that badly. #France

We French love our history teachers – Samuel Paty made us remember why In Memoriam #SamuelPaty www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My notebook in The Times #France #Lecornu #Badinter #Pinault #MegWebster

Very interesting article 👇 "Three plans were on the table: one put forward by Egypt; another by Blair and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law; and a third by France and Saudi Arabia. Aspects of all three plans eventually fed into Trump’s peace plan." www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

This man will sleep in prison from next Tuesday (21 October)

Beautiful and extremely moving ceremony for Robert #Badinter’s entrance into the #Pantheon. #Paris

Now in #Paris. Robert #Badinter on its way to the Pantheon. To great men, the grateful nation.

Today, Robert Badinter, the architect of the abolition of death penalty in France, and a great conscience, is entering the #Panthéon where he will be resting next to Condorcet, the French Enlightenment philosopher.

I am inclined to support the restoration of the Empire. #France

French politicians and political commentators dissolve—if not into ridicule, then at least into panic. Former prime ministers unashamedly attempt to kill the father, Macron (as if they stood a chance in the next elections). 1/2

« Oh I have just seen a French Prime Minister! » « Make a wish. » @xavier-gorce.bsky.social in fine form.

French PM Lecornu has just explained his resignation: political parties all behave as if they have a majority in parliament; their intransigence and egotism is making it impossible. #France

#France is heading towards new elections, I think.

Bloody hell. The French PM has just resigned!

Meanwhile, the French government appointed yesterday might not last more than 24 hours. The Interior Minister #Brunoretailleau is threatening to leave today along with right-wing ministers from his party Les Républicains. Watch this space. www.lepoint.fr/politique/br...

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Phew

Superb visit of #NotreDame towers at sunset. Don’t miss it if you come to #Paris!

A Paris court has sentenced former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in his trial into accusations the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi helped fund his victorious 2007 presidential run. #AFP 📸 Julien De Rosa

Former French President Sarkozy will soon sleep in prison. #Libya www.lexpress.fr/societe/just...

Oh Claudia. RIP Claudia Cardinale

Au Royaume-Uni, la montée de l'extrême droite nourrie par l'inquiétude de la "Middle Britain" www.lexpress.fr/monde/europe...

RIP Robert Redford

My piece in The Times

My piece in The Times today www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

Official. 39 year-old Sébastien Lecornu appointed France’s PM. For once, President Macron was swift.

Imminent announcement of France’s next PM. Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu? A man appreciated by all parties…

Back with Yalda Hakim live from Paris at 9pm GMT. We shall discuss #France’s troubles… #SkyNews

With just three days before the government falls, am wondering what President Macron is thinking. He has had lunch with four party leaders and then with the President of the Senate… #France

Hey! An open double spiral staircase made in wood (the world’s biggest of its kind) is now gracing #NotreDame’s South tower ! Opening day for visitors: 20 September !

Now. « Europeans are now ready to give the security guarantees that Ukraine needs » just announced Emmanuel Macron. Troops on the ground therefore. #FromParis

Quizz. Their daughter has just been appointed new editor of Vogue…

Bonsoir Paris!

Don’t want to be overtly dramatic but #France is facing a major crisis on September 8. The Far Left, Far Right and the Socialists are about to sink the ship. As if they had any answers to France’s problems. To be continued.

French PM Bayrou has just announced he will ask for a confidence vote from the National Assembly on 8 September. What a gamble. His way to defuse the 10 September « insurrection day » called by both Far Right and Far Left? Bonne chance. #France

French thinkers still exist! Check out Gérald Bronner, Sorbonne professor, in a thought provoking dossier in this week’s @LEXPRESS He has a new book out « A l’assaut du réel ». Here is a teaser.

Saint Thomas is back on #NotreDame's spire. He joined another 15 statues dating back to 1850s which had been removed for restoration only days before the fire. In a month, Notre Dame's #flèche will be visible from miles away. 📷Romaric Toussaint©RebâtirNotreDame

#Local news trivia In which you learn that The #Camembert Museum in #Normandy has had to close after a fire damaged the roof.

A paean to the Paris Métro | @agnescpoirier.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/notebook/a-p...