by Alliance Française | Nov 22, 2019 | Blog
If you haven’t been able to join us for the Atelier d’automne and missed out on the fantastic roasted parsnips Tatin tart, la tarte Tatin aux panais rôtis, ( voir la photo ) you might still like to test yourself and answer the Petit quiz de l’atelier d’automne...
by Alliance Française | Jan 7, 2020 | Announcements, Blog
Do you know the French writer Jean Echenoz? We read one of his books, Envoyée spéciale, in our last book club with some of Alliance Française students and other members of the public in Bristol. We always have a lively discussion with people really engaging with...
by Alliance Française | Dec 2, 2019 | Announcements, Blog, Events
“Night of Ideas” is a worldwide event launched by the French Institute. For its fourth year, the theme is “Alive!”. What does being alive mean today? Some say we’re on the brink of extinction. Some say we can build a new man. At a time when...
by Alliance Française | Oct 31, 2019 | Announcements, Blog
Read this account by our student Paul: Ma femme et moi avons visité la Normandie pour les événements marquant le 75e anniversaire du Jour J. C’est un morceau d’histoire qui m’intéresse beaucoup et, comme beaucoup de britanniques, nous avons des liens...
by Alliance Française | Oct 6, 2019 | Announcements, Events, Workshops
Come to our second café artistique the centre: Our art historian Fabienne will talk about some of the most interesting hôtels particuliers in Paris. Join us for this opportunity to discover a hidden side of Paris, and learn some French in a relaxed atmosphere. All...
by Alliance Française | Sep 29, 2019 | Announcements, Blog
Our teacher and chef Isabelle has written about these stars of Autumn Walnuts, les noix, represent for me one of the most iconic autumn fruits. They are from a large family called les fruits à coque which consist of les amandes, les noisettes, les noix de pécan, les...
by Alliance Française | Aug 16, 2019 | Blog
If you are learning French with Alliance Française de Bristol and Bath, you will learn to complain and argue as well as politely converse. See the excellent monologue which Tanya, perfecting her French in Audrey’s class, has written to complain about a noisy...
by Alliance Française | Jul 19, 2019 | Blog
In her Tuesday morning French class, Martine studied Le collier rouge de Jean-Christophe Rufin et La chambre des officiers de Marc Dugain. Gordon has compared those two novels : La chambre des officiers et Le collier rouge : Si l’on fait la comparaison entre ce...
by Alliance Française | Jul 8, 2019 | Events, Les +, Workshops
Come and discuss “L’art de perdre” by Alice Zeniter with our French teacher Martine in Bristol. Everyone with an interest in French literature is welcome: Thursday 26th March 2020 at 1pm or Thursday 26th March 2020 at 7pm Location: Lansdown Pub, Clifton...
by Alliance Française | Jul 4, 2019 | Blog
If like us, you have been enjoying watching Wimbledon, you might want to know all the vocab ready for Roland Garros next year! Mais qui va gagner? Here is some tennis vocabulary : A as in 30A: equality of points during a game such as 30-30 As: ace Juge de chaise ou...
