Newsletter n°209 / Still No Detox for France in London





Dear franceinlondoner

Happy New Year and may 2010 bring you happiness and prosperity.

Cinema

Jacques Audiard and the French Thriller at the BFI

A Prophet

Since 1994, Jacques Audiard has made only five features. But this modest output testifies to the perfectionism behind Audiard's richly conceived and always intensely watchable cinema.
From 5th until 31st January 2010.

3 pairs of tickets to be won.

Music

The Pianist David Fray and the Philharmonia Orchestra

The Philharmonia Orchestra will be performing on Thursday 21 January with the young French pianist David Fray under the baton of Leif Segerstam at The Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall. David Fray won BBC Music Magazine's Newcomer of the Year 2008 and ECHO Best Instrumentalist of the Year 2009.

  Two pairs of tickets to be won.

Gigs

David Reinhardt

At the Bistrot in the French Institute of South Kensington. From 6.30pm on 15th January.
ENTRANCE FREE.

MC SOLAAR

At the Jazz Café from 7pm on 8th and 9th January. £15 in advance.

Exhibition

Wild Things: Epstein, Gaudier-Brzeska and Gill

Jacob Epstein

Over a period of 10 years from 1905 to 1915, three outstanding young sculptors emerged in Britain; Jacob Epstein (US), Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (French) and Eric Gill (British). The radical impact of their work was to transform British sculpture.
Until 24th January.

Restaurant Review

Why on Earth did we have New Year’s Eve at Café Anglais?

What could go wrong on New Year's Eve? Bad weather, poor company, the babysitter not turning up, your husband or boyfriend telling you his leaving you or simply mediocre food and poor service from perhaps the worst waiter in history?

Culture

The France Show

The France Show is back once again at London's Earls Court from 8th until 10th January.

Origins and Recipe of the Galette des Rois

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

Gourmet Corner

Wine tasting at the French Institute

Wines from Southern France. 25th January 2010 at 7pm.

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