If walls could talk
(Published on 2 December 2014) I visited an extraordinary building in Paris recently where someone had taken the unusual step of asking...
Le Suicide français
(Published in The Malay Mail 30 October) When Patrick Modiano learned this month he had won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature he asked...
Ebola outbreak in France: Not if, but when?
(Published in The Malay Mail 13 October) France could soon be facing its own homegrown Ebola cases as has happened in America and Spain,...
“Totalement Désarçonnés” — The best graffiti in town
“Totalement Désarçonnés” — The best graffiti in town Posted on October 9, 2014 by pennedinparis I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling...
France’s struggle with ISIS
We are in a state of shock over the beheading of a French tourist in Algeria on Wednesday. There is no doubt about it: ISIS has brought...
The problem with nudity, is that there is no problem
(Published by The Malay Mail on 12 September – censorship rules ironically prevented the photos from inclusion in the original article!)...
World Cup — through the eyes of kids and camels
(Published by The Malay Mail on 19 June) Has World Cup fever hit your household? If so, read on, and let’s compare notes. So Tuesday...
The Normandy D-Day landings, 70 years later: France then and now
(Published in The Malay Mail on 6 June 2014) Today, foreign leaders from around the world will gather in Normandy to celebrate the 70th...
Scandalous Cannes film “Welcome to New York” ruffles French feathers
(Published in The Malay Mail on 24 May) Expect the unexpected is what is said about the Cannes Film Festival, now in its 67th year. And...
Europe’s new football coach — she’s got balls!
(Published in The Malay Mail on 18 May 2014) I’m not, of course, suggesting that she actually has balls, but more that someone else has...
