My favourite hotels in Paris
Hotels in Paris are aplenty. Safety and refuge is what I seek in a hotel. In turn that implies that the...
Hotels in Paris are aplenty. Safety and refuge is what I seek in a hotel. In turn that implies that the...
On the rue de Charonne, in the backstreets of Paris' 11th district, just north of the Gare de Lyon, is a cluster of...
If I could live anywhere in Paris, I would chose an apartment overlooking the Maurice Gardette Square – the largest patch of...
I feel at home on the streets of Marseille. Maybe because I'm an exile (by choice). "Marseille is, and always has been,...
I sneaked in a visit to Lyon just before the arrival of the summer heat wave – or la canicule as the French...
PRaiRiaL, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Lyon's Presqu'île district, is named after the ninth month in the French Republic calendar – the month of...
For the first time ever, I joined everyone who is anyone in photography in Arles for the 2022 edition of Les Rencontres d’Arles...
I spent a weekend in Nantes this June as part of my quest to find a city where the energies are right and...
A mere two hours south west of Paris by train, Bordeaux is a cool contender for a weekend break by the water. ...
I've been to Cannes more times than any other town (not city) in Europe. It's always for work, for an event, whether...
"Beauty is the promise of happiness,” wrote French writer Stendhal in 1822. I went along to the Bourse de Commerce, in Paris' 1st...
Familiarity is comforting. It creates a warm feeling. That’s why I returned to Fleur de Pavé this autumn (2021). The...
I discovered Belleville when I stayed at Babel Hotel Belleville, which has become one of my favourite hotels in Paris. Belleville is...
Homemade sourdough was so on trend for 2020. With the start of Fashion Revolution Week on 19 April, how about switching to weaving...
It was three summers ago that I was sitting one evening around a table in Koko Doko in Reims, the champagne capital...