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Paris in springtime - where do the flowers come from?
15/05/2012 - On-the-spot France

Paris in springtime - where do the flowers come from?

It’s springtime here in France and parks and gardens are full of green leaves and meticulously-planted flower beds. These of course, don’t pop up on their own.

Paris's underground art scene
06/05/2012 - Culture in France

Paris's underground art scene

Paris may be known for its museums and art galleries. But there is also a vibrant underground art scene, both indoors and outdoors.

Les Deux Magots café, at the heart of intellectual Paris
07/04/2012 - Culture in France

Les Deux Magots café, at the heart of intellectual Paris

Les Deux Magots café in Paris has witnessed changes in art, literature, philosophy and politics that have affected not only French culture but the world's.

 Paris's last farm fights property developers for its life
08/08/2011 - On-the-spot France

Paris's last farm fights property developers for its life

Nested in the Montsouris neighbourhood, the last farm in Paris is in the middle of a real-estate fight.

31/03/2011 - Hidden Paris

The man who saved Paris from sinking

With metro tunnels, sewers, old quarries and catacombs crisscrossing under its streets, Paris is a city of layers.

18/03/2011 - Hidden Paris

La Bastille - medieval symbol of oppression, modern symbol of liberty

Large brown paving stones chart a course through the smaller grey bricks that fan their way around Paris's Place de la Bastille.

Finding angels on France's problem estates
10/03/2011 - Rendezvous

Finding angels on France's problem estates

An artist from Texas is helping one of France’s most stigmatised housing estates to revamp its image thanks to innovative art projects, which introduce teenagers to flesh-eating plants and ...

16/02/2011 - Hidden Paris

Paris’s forgotten human zoo

At Vincennes, on the edge of Paris, visitors may stumble across the relics of the 1907 colonial expo in which men and women from the former colonies were exhibited to crowds of visitors.

03/02/2011 - Hidden Paris

Paris's Tamils thrive despite defeat at home

It’s often mistakenly called “Little Bombay”, but the lively neighbourhood that stretches from the rue du Faubourg-St-Denis north to La Chapelle is actually home to Paris’s ...

20/01/2011 - Hidden Paris

Edith Wharton - the American novelist who joined France's WWI effort

The streets just east of the historic Les Invalides military hospital in Paris’s seventh arrondissement have an air of distinguished calm.

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