John Lichfield
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John Lichfield: Female mud-wrestling, French style
Monday, 24 November 2008
Relations on the left are so venomous that schism seems inevitable
John Lichfield: Credit crunch even hits dog-sitters
Monday, 10 November 2008
Paris Notebook: Parisian super-wealthy can no longer afford professional dog-sitters when they go to the hairdressers
John Lichfield: Boos that shouldn't come as a surprise
Monday, 20 October 2008
Paris Notebook: Would Zidane be considered French if he wasn't picked for the French side?
John Lichfield: Confessions of a trainspotter
Monday, 29 September 2008
French Notebook: This was an American-designed, Canadian-built, British locomotive operating in France for a German company
John Lichfield's Paris Notebook: Carla's 'sales' hit by sound of silence
Monday, 15 September 2008
Is Carlamania dying? In France at least? In Britain, no doubt, Carlamania is doomed to have a half-life of a million years. A statistical row is raging in France over the true popularity of the First Lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. Her third pop album, launched in July, has sold either 85,000 copies to French music-lovers or 175,000 copies, depending on how you count the sales.
John Lichfield: Racy goings-on in la France profonde
Monday, 4 August 2008
French Notebook: The wife-swapping club comes to rural Normandy
John Lichfield: Out of France
Sunday, 20 July 2008
If anyone could win Ireland's Eurosceptics round, it's Ms Bruni
John Lichfield: With the Taoiseach in the naughty chair, this was a polite mad hatter's tea party
Friday, 20 June 2008
European summits were never simple but they were once predictable. France and Germany agreed on everything. Britain sat in the naughty chair, which was either a noble or despicable position, depending on your viewpoint. Ireland adopted a low profile, offered its services as a go-between and scooped up more subsidies.
John Lichfield: Our Man In Paris
Monday, 9 June 2008
Threat to suburban pleasures of a petite Parisienne
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