09 February 2017 A small cultural revolution Can Macron revive France? by Richard Pooley Margot, the 22-year old daughter of our village potter came to get some advice from me the weekend before last. Recently graduated in Marketing and Communication, she is going to London at the end of this month. She has never… Continue reading Issue 91 :2017 02 09: A small cultural revolution (Richard Pooley)
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Issue 89:2017 01 26: A cry of anger from the back of beyond (Richard Pooley)
26 January 2017 A cry of anger from the back of beyond Who was Pierre Poujade? by Richard Pooley When my wife and I first arrived in France in 2013, we rented a house on the southern edge of Brive-la-Gaillarde for seven months. Friends in other parts of France, let alone those in the UK,… Continue reading Issue 89:2017 01 26: A cry of anger from the back of beyond (Richard Pooley)
Issue86:2017 01 05:Ignore the Pronos (Richard Pooley).
05 January 2017 Ignore the Pronos Nobody knows by Richard Pooley On 10 June last year I sent the following email from France to friends and family in the UK: “We voted last week. I bumped into the mayor as I was posting the envelopes: “Deux votes pour Europe,” I told him. He seemed pleased.… Continue reading Issue86:2017 01 05:Ignore the Pronos (Richard Pooley).
Issue 75: 2016 10 13: Juppe? Qui est-il? (Richard Pooley)
13 October 2016 Juppé? Qui est-il? The Republican party primary this side of the Atlantic. by Richard Pooley The Trump-Clinton battle is not the only important presidential election going on at present. The French version has started in earnest, with the first two-round primary to choose the right-of-centre Republican Party candidate only two months away. … Continue reading Issue 75: 2016 10 13: Juppe? Qui est-il? (Richard Pooley)
Issue 73: 2016 09 29: Own Gaul (Richard Pooley)
29 September 2016 Own Gaul It won’t do you any good, Sarko. by Richard Pooley “You must accept that your ancestors are the Gauls.” This was the message ten days ago from ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy to those immigrants who wished to become French citizens. He was immediately mocked by politicians and commentators from across… Continue reading Issue 73: 2016 09 29: Own Gaul (Richard Pooley)
Issue 71: 2016 09 15:Wrong diagnosis and wrong prescription, Dr Fox
15 September 2016 Wrong Diagnosis and Wrong Prescription, Dr Fox But the right patient. by Richard Pooley “This country is not the free-trading nation it once was. We have become too lazy, and too fat on our successes in previous generations.” “Companies who could be contributing to our national prosperity – but choose not to… Continue reading Issue 71: 2016 09 15:Wrong diagnosis and wrong prescription, Dr Fox
Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Burkini Ban (Lynda Goetz)
01 September 2016 Burkini Ban Intolerance or safeguard? by Lynda Goetz When I first heard about the burkini ban a few weeks ago, my reaction was mixed. My first thought (like that of so many others, I am sure) was that it sounded like an unacceptable intolerance on the part of a right-wing French mayor… Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Burkini Ban (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 69:2016 09 01: Keeping it Clear (Richard Pooley)
01 September 2016 Keeping It Clear Why the British need to learn how to speak English… to foreigners (part 1) by Richard Pooley It must be frustrating sometimes being a French foreign correspondent. Even though French is spoken by 274 million people around the world, half of them live in Africa and a quarter in… Continue reading Issue 69:2016 09 01: Keeping it Clear (Richard Pooley)
Issue 67: 2016 08 18: The Perils Of Poor Translation (Richard Pooley)
18 August 2016 The Perils of Poor Translation and of banning the burkini. by Richard Pooley The BBC website is my main source of news and I don’t usually have cause to criticize it. But last week the mistranslation in a BBC report of one French word had me fulminating against the actions of a… Continue reading Issue 67: 2016 08 18: The Perils Of Poor Translation (Richard Pooley)
Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Les Vacances de l’Été (Richard Pooley)
04 August 2016 Les Vacances de l’Été Not all on holiday at all. by Richard Pooley You could hear the contempt in the British man’s voice. I can’t recall who he was – a politician or a reporter – but he was speaking on the BBC last week about the likely reaction of the French… Continue reading Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Les Vacances de l’Été (Richard Pooley)
Issue 63:2016 07 21:On peut faire plus et on peut faire mieux ? (Richard Pooley)
21 July 2016 On peut faire plus et on peut faire mieux? The response to the tragedy in Nice. by Richard Pooley “It is hard to fathom what is happening from here.” So wrote Shaw Sheet’s editor last Friday when asking me to give my view on the previous night’s massacre in Nice. Frankly, I… Continue reading Issue 63:2016 07 21:On peut faire plus et on peut faire mieux ? (Richard Pooley)
Issue 49: 2016 04 14: The Best of Both Worlds? (Richard Pooley)
14 April 2016 The Best of Both Worlds? Why the French think we’d be mad to leave the EU. by Richard Pooley I spent some of my time in the early 1980s teaching English to foreign businesspeople in London. Nearly all of them were German, Swiss, Italian, Spanish, French or Japanese. One of the things… Continue reading Issue 49: 2016 04 14: The Best of Both Worlds? (Richard Pooley)
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: A Cultural Family? (Richard Pooley)
07 April 2016 A Cultural Family? by Richard Pooley “So, why should we vote to stay?” has been a pretty common question from my friends in the UK ever since Cameron promised a referendum on EU membership. Many assume that because I now live in France – “over there”,“on the continent” or, most tellingly, “in Europe”… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: A Cultural Family? (Richard Pooley)
