Parisian Lifestyle & Love…
Having predicted in previous posts him succeeding in becoming the future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, we are delighted to offer Boris Johnson our heartfelt congratulations on his landslide win.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has the personality, charm, and intellect to make Britain great again.
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I was invited to attend the 11th International Graduate School Conference last week, taking place at the American Graduate School in Paris (AGS).. an intimate French and American accredited graduate school specialising in International Relations and Diplomacy Masters degree programs in a prime Left Bank location.
This year’s intensive Two-Day Conference was entitled: “The Complexity of Religion in International Relations: Theoretical, Legal, and Geopolitical Perspectives”…
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Clarissa… Ward…
Foreign… correspondent…
For… CNN…
Was swathed… in black…
Tall… slim…
Lanky…
Eyes… beautiful…
Intelligent… expressive…
Compassionate…
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If only walls could talk… then this elegant 18th century private home (hôtel particulier) in the centre of Paris would fill our ears for hours. Known today as the Hôtel de Talleyrand, it was originally designed and built between 1767 and 1769 for Louis Phélypeaux, Comte de Saint-Florentin, one of the most influential figures of the reign of Louis XV…
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À Paris… aujourd’hui…
We… celebrated…
Life… at…
Café… de Flore…
“Toujours”… reminiscent of “les grands philosophes”.. artists.. poets…
Proust… Sartre…
Voltaire… Balzac…
Matisse… Camus…
Oh… and Coco Chanel… among the many that represent and embody the great civilisation that is…
La.. France…
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Having fractured my arm recently…
I reluctantly settled down to catch-up on reading the latest chaos going on in this turbulent but beautiful planet of ours.
The first headline was…
“Tiny victim of a human catastrophe”…
Followed by… “Two little brothers, one epic tragedy”…
Also…
“Europe’s despairing leaders”…
“We can’t cope with this tide”…
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“Twelve… Years…
A… Slave”…
Rather…
Twelve…. shades…
Of… shame…
How…
Did human psyche… dip into the depths of its…. pathological disintegration…
Why…
Was such demeanment… humiliation… and chilling cruelty… inflicted upon fellow humans…
The much praised 2013 period drama… an adaptation of the 1853 memoir by Soloman Northup… “Twelve Years a Slave”… was imposed upon us on the small screen… “la télé”…
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Amal… Alamuddin…
A… brilliant lawyer…
Beautiful… principled…
Passionate about… Human rights…
Fluent in… three languages…
French… Arabic… English…
When she speaks… people listen…
She is also… George Clooney’s fiancé…
“Amal” means… “Hope”… in Arabic…
A symbolic… name…?
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Where… have…
All… the children…
Gone…?
Their… little faces…
Clouded… with fear…
Searching… for their…
Mom…
Their land… is gone…
Their big… wide eyes…
Lost…
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The Games… of Nations…
The… hilarious…
Pathetic… political games…
Are… still being…
Played…
On the world stage… today…
It’s… called…
“The… amorality…
Of… power…”
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