Newsletter n°163 / Frozen but happy





Dear franceinlondoner

Happy New Year to you all. We hope that this year will bring you success, health and above all happiness.

New Year's resolutions

To detox or not to detox, that is the question.

Detox

Hurrah! 2009 is finally here! Unfortunately, ushering in the New Year doesn't end with Champagne and kisses. Oh no, inevitably the next bit is not quite so joyful. With a New Year come new resolutions and, inevitably, a new Detox plan.

Cinema Event

Ciné Lumière Gala Launch

Catherine Deneuve

After a major refurbishment, Ciné Lumière will welcome its patron, Catherine Deneuve, for its official inauguration on 9th January. The "queen" of the French cinema will also be at the place of honour the next week with a retrospective of her career.

Education

France or UK: On which side of the Channel would you rather grow up?

Children

A Few weeks ago Unicef reported that British children were the unhappiest in the Western World whereas France faces issues to guarantee the same chances in life to all children and speaks about penal responsibility at the age of 12. Bad period for children! But where are they the happiest?

Jobs

Are the French going to leave the Big Smoke?

Hitchhiking back to France?

During the last few decades, a very large number of young French people came to fill London banks and pubs, so many in fact, that the city has even come to be known as "the fifth French city". But the crisis came, and the fall of the pound is threatening their sweet “so British” life. Has the time come for French Londoners to journey back home?

Show

The France Show 2009

France Show

Food, wine, music, culture, travel and more, the France Show is back! From 9 to 11 January at Earls Court. Open 10am-6pm Friday and Saturday, 10am-5pm Sunday

Gourmet Corner

Origins and recipe of the Galette des Rois

Galette des Rois

The "Galette des Rois" is traditionally served for the religious date called Epiphany, on the 6 of January.

Books

January 2009 book selection by the French Bookshop

French Books

Read more in French is one of your New Year's resolutions. Indeed this could be an excellent one. The French Bookshop helps you to choose in the middle of this labyrinth. Let's discover the new books of 2009.


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