Catrina Chambers, on of KN’s Reading Group members was unable to come along to the meeting this week and therefore wanted to share her thoughts on this book. She also kindly agreed that I could publish it here. **** ”I found Waiting for the Barbarians a surprisingly difficult read. I’m normally quite a fast reader, [...]
Coming next week in Nantes, Pick Up Production present as part of « Temps Fort Cosmopolis, Itinéraires artistiques » from 19 au 22 october 2011, with 3 famed street graffiti artists DERLON (Recife, Brésil) SETH (from Paris, France) and PEDRO (from our very own Nantes!) The artists taking part on this occasion will realise a fresco mixing their different styles and influences on a [...]
We had a lovely evening at our Knowing Nantes Pot Luck Apero after worrying about the weather all day! The sunshine came out and it was warm in the green area surrounding the Square Elisa Mercoeur in Nantes (with the famous plastic doll fountain). We all brought along a drink and something to eat to [...]
Found on Francophilia… Old French Fairy Tales by la Comtesse de Ségur are available on this website… Look to the left and you’ll notice you can download a PDF of the whole book. “A wonderful book with 5 timeless French fairy tales magnificently illustrated with 8 beautiful and dramatic full page color and many black and [...]