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The Palais des Ducs de Bourgogne, in Dijon, just one of the jewels in a city of art and culture THE mayor of Dijon, François Rebsamen, has been in Paris to put his case for Dijon to be awarded the status of 'City of Art and History', a status that... Read more →
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AS promised here is my look at RSS feeds, or what happens when you click on those small orange buttons you've most probably seen sprouting from all the websites you read. I am not going to go into the techie side of things, just show you how to use RSS... Read more →
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IF you are in the planning stages of a move to France there are most probably a thousand and one questions zipping around your head. High on the list will be things like the transfer of social security payments, for example child benefit and winter fuel payments, or maybe there... Read more →
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PEOPLE from the European Union who were resident in France before November 23, 2007 will be able to access healthcare via the Couverture Maladie Universelle (CMU). The decision by the health authorities means those people who had taken early retirement, or were holders of an E106, and were considered resident... Read more →
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I WILL apologise now, the website I'm about to send you to will most probably mean you get nothing done for the rest of the day. dotSub is a video service that lets people subtitle short films and clips into a variety of different languages, and there are many available... Read more →
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Don't be closed to article ideas A PROBLEM often faced in the early days of a blog is that you may think you have run out of things to write about. People will have described their experiences of moving to France, why they picked the region they are now living... Read more →
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TO the strains of accordion music and the songs of Edith Piaf, thousands of people strolled around the exhibition hall at Olympia, in London, taking in The France Show. Lovers of the French way of life were able to taste the delights on offer from the cheesemonger, pick at a... Read more →
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Business in France By Tracey_Smith ARE you tempted to tell the boss to keep his job, hand back the commuter season ticket, chuck all your suits in a bag for the charity shop and do something a little less stressful in France? All well and good, but what's the reality... Read more →
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I WROTE recently of a Timewatch programme that was shown on BBC 2 about the battle to take Omaha Beach which told of the many thousands of US soldiers who died during the early hours of the attack as Nazi machine guns pinned them down. If you watched the programme... Read more →
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Cookery classes from Jean-Christophe Novelli will be featured at The France Show. BY the end of this week London's Olympia exhibition centre will be full of the sights, sounds and aromas of French life. The France Show rolls into town on Friday, January 18, and continues throughout the weekend with... Read more →
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