Author: THE HOBBLEDEHOY

Michael Stevenson, aka Dai Bando, Johnny Foreigner, Monsieur Pas De Merde, is a blogger of French and British culture. His blogs "Pas De Merde" and "The Hobbledehoy" have been called "marvelous" by some, and "meh" by others.

IFI announces programme for the 2016 IFI French Film Festival

The programme for the 2016 IFI French Film Festival has been announced. Ireland’s largest celebration of French film, now in its 17th year, will run for 12 days at the Irish Film Institute (IFI) from Wednesday, November 16th to Sunday, November 27th. This year’s programme features 23 Irish premieres, will be packed with special guests including Gustave Kervern, Benoît Delépine, Dominik Moll and Gilles Marchand, alongside a focus on French classics, including a 60th anniversary screening of Claude Lelouch’s A Man and a Woman.Highlights of this year’s festival include the opening film, Justine Triet’s In Bed With Victoria, François Ozon’s period drama Frantz, The Unknown Girl from two-time Palme d’or winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, and 2016 Cannes Jury Prize winner It’s Only the End of the World, directed by Xavier Dolan.

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Jain Is A Third Culture Kid Ready To Make Her Mark | The FADER

When did you start making music?When I was nine, my family and I moved to Dubai. There I studied an Arabic percussion instrument called the darbuka or the tabla. Percussion was my first introduction to music. Then from the age of 14 to 17 years old I lived in the Congo in a small town called Pointe Noire; that’s where I made my first songs. After my graduation in Abu Dhabi, I moved to Paris, to attend art school…When I was in the south of France, in a town called Pau, I began making music by taking drum lessons for two years, and Arabic lessons while I was in Dubai. That’s where it all started, really. With rhythm.

Read Full Interview with Jain / Source: Jain Is A Third Culture Kid Ready To Make Her Mark | The FADER

Ro’s Recipes: House Party in Bruges & Mariners’ Mussels | Women’s Voices For Change

Three weeks later Jean-Luc called. He was visiting London. Over many meals of moules, Chinese, Indian, French, Turkish and English food, we developed a warmhearted friendship. Out of the sad fire of misled expectations and blind hope evolved happy stories.

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Agnes Obel: ‘It’s called a Trautonium – and it can electrocute people!’ | Music | The Guardian

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Agnes Obel’s first two albums, 2010’s Philharmonics and 2013’s Aventine, were darkly intimate affairs, the work of a rich, characterful singer at her piano at night. They made her a top five artist in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark, and well-known in her adopted hometown of Berlin, where she’s lived and worked for 10 years. “I have genuinely no idea,” she says almost apologetically, when asked to explain their success.

Her latest music layers 250 tracks on top of each other, and duetting with a male cyborg version of herself. Where does it all come from?

Read Full Story / Source: Agnes Obel: ‘It’s called a Trautonium – and it can electrocute people!’ | Music | The Guardian

London tops list for quality of life, sorry Paris and New York | Metro News

London was lauded as a ‘dynamic city’ with a well-developed infrastructure, legal system and health service (cheque’s in the post).Paris was runner up, scoring top for cultural influence, including attractions and cultural trendsetting.

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Brangelina are also divorcing their French wine business · Newswire · The A.V. Club

Celebrity divorces are just like any other: children must be cared for, finances sorted, and the fate of your $60 million French vineyard determined. As Brangelina continues to bifurcate, Us Weekly reports that the couple otherwise known as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have decided to sell Château Miraval, the 1,200-acre property in Correns, France, which served as both the site of their 2014 wedding and the home base for their signature wine.

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