Newsletter n°270 / one overdose of chocolate and a royal wedding later...





Hello franceinlondoner

"I guess marriage should be forever, but...um... who knows what happens. I wish it was forever, that's my hope, but we could be dead tomorrow"


Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (aka: the monogamist)

Life and Style

Twins for the Sarkozys?

Are the rumours true? Is Carla really hiding a growing tum behind her coyly-draped shawl? The First Lady of France is certainly enjoying a little game of cat and mouse with journalists over the subject...

The best French Blogs

With all the buzz about blogs in the UK media, we thought it would be useful for all our dear Francophile readers (truly: you) to provide you with a selection featuring the best on the French blogosphere.

How to keep your tan

For those of you lucky enough to have returned from a sunny trip abroad, here are a few tips  on how to prolongue your tan (and your work-mates' envy)...

Gourmet Corner

Delicious May Recipes by Natoora

Delicious May recipes sampling the freshest of the season's ingredients: find out how to make mouth watering pork, exotic zaatar, and savoury sage mascarpone...

Film

Outside the Law

After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe.

Hiroshima Mon Amour

One of the most beautiful and original films of the French New Wave will be showing this Sunday at the Ciné Lumière. Not to be missed!

The Dreamers

Bertolucci's love song to the cinema and spirit of the late 60s will be showing this Friday at the BFI.

Art

3-14 May : Outspoken, Rising Voices Paris - London at the Southfire Theatre

French artist Melik Ohanian brings his installation Peripherical Communities to the UK for the first time. The exhibition is the first part of the Outspoken, Rising Voices Paris/London arts exchange project.

Music

10-29 May : Brighton Festival Fringe

Go and enjoy a twilight concert of uplifting music in the relaxed and elegant atmosphere of Brighton's grandest mansion. A varied program of captivating music will be played, from classical through to world and contemporary music. Not to be missed!

Book Corner

7 - 16 May : Signings at the French Bookshop

Summer is getting ever closer, and to celebrate the French Bookshop will be welcoming some of France's greatest authors in May, to sign their new books. This will include the delicious Marc Levy!

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