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What is the French word for 'boundaries'?

Paris from different viewpoints

Apr 28 •

Pausing Pen Friend sponsorship while I’m on leave

And hoping you’ll wait for me

Apr 23 •

March 2025

Liberté, égalité, sororité

A letter from a friend – on France and feminism

Mar 30 •

and

”Decide what you want to think about”

How to protect a head

Mar 4 •

February 2025

La haute intelligence artificielle

Some robots are more sophisticated than others

Feb 16 •

It’s finally February!

Some inspirations for the chunky little month ahead

Feb 2 •

January 2025

Worlds turned upside down

January updates ( + the right to set pudding on fire)

Jan 19 •

December 2024

Municipal baubles, crumbling governments, re-embellished behemoths

December in Paris

Dec 10, 2024 •

November 2024

The mysterious power of the word ‘exceptionnellement’

French exceptions, J-P Sartre, Astérix the Gaul and very clever writers

Nov 4, 2024 •

October 2024

Reflections on a dark year

And a new definition for naivety

Oct 7, 2024 •

September 2024

To be known again

A letter from a friend – on returning to Dublin from Paris

Sep 22, 2024 •

A new prime minister for the Rentrée

Parisians-put-their-scarves-back-on season

Sep 16, 2024 •

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