Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Wednesday, 16 January 2019

Like medieval citadels, great cities fuel social disharmony and division

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I've talked before about how the big cities that, at present, drive economic growth, act to exclude people. Or, to put it another way, p...
Sunday, 30 April 2017

Bars, birth rates and gentle decline - Europe's left behind places

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Every Italy village has one of these. This one, Bar Centrale, is in Fontanelice a village in the Bolognese Appenines and it's prett...
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Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Dominique Strauss-Kahn - the French Jimmy Savile

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**** The Spectator makes an entirely inaccurate comparison to the trial of Jeremy Thorpe (a man who was charged - and acquited - with trying...
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Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Nannying fussbucket of the day: France

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**** They - the French I mean -  don't like beer.  Well, in truth, quite a lot of French folk like beer. But their government doesn...
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Thursday, 4 October 2012

In which we are reminded of the terrors that NHS privatisation would bring...

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**** In a blog post on another matter Anna Raccoon describes the experience of France's semi-private health system: ...a chauffeur...
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Tuesday, 15 December 2009

Housing policy - a couple of modest suggestions

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*** I was struck by a piece in New Start Magazine about how the UK's planning system is a drag on the development of housing - and espe...
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Friday, 9 October 2009

Friday Fungus: Truffles and why the Duke must be patient!

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There are a load of myths about truffles - not least that the white truffle can't be cultivated. This picture from somewhere near San ...
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