by Alliance Française | Mar 31, 2017 | Blog
It’s no surprise that spring is an inspiration to artists. After months of cold and grey, nature explodes with colour. Have you noticed the shoots (les pousses) on the trees? Daffodils (les jonquilles) growing everywhere? This painting (une peinture) is by...
by Alliance Française | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog
If you like wine, then this is the place for you! Opened since May 2016, la cité du vin (word for word city of wine) is not only a museum dedicated to wine, it also hosts exhibitions (at the moment Bistrot! De Baudelaire à Picasso) and academic seminars (sounds like a...
by Alliance Française | Mar 17, 2017 | Blog
Les restos du coeur are the French equivalent of soup kitchens (la soupe populaire), distributing food to people needing it. They have been around since 1985 when comedian (le comique) Coluche started them in big cities at first, and now they can be found everywhere...
by Alliance Française | Mar 11, 2017 | Blog
Did you know that 8th March was La journée de la femme? When did it first start? The first international woman’s day was on 19th March, 1911 in Europe and in the States, already asking for more rights ( qui plaidait pour plus de droits). Lénine chose the 8th March in...
by Alliance Française | Mar 4, 2017 | Blog
Students in Martine’s class have been reading “Celles qui attendent” by Fatou Diome, and have written their own book reviews (une critique). This award winning novel is set in Senegal, where struggling families send their sons to Europe to help with...
by Alliance Française | Feb 25, 2017 | Blog
Our next film on Sunday 5th March will be about the rise to fame to one of the first black clowns who formed a duo with white clown Foottit in 1886. Come and watch it with us for free! Circus is still a popular form of entertainment in France, have you heard about...
by Alliance Française | Feb 18, 2017 | Blog
Are you a confident cook (un cuisinier averti) or more of a beans on toast kind of person (no French translation available for beans on toast!)? Iza, who runs our cooking workshops in French, has shared with us a few French cooking tips ahead of her next workshop on...
by Alliance Française | Feb 10, 2017 | Blog
This half Belgian half Rwandan singer has become a real star in the last few years, both in France and in Belgium. His stage name, Stromae, is the verlan (a familiar way to speak in which you switch syllables, coming from the French à l’envers) for maestro. The...
by Alliance Française | Feb 4, 2017 | Blog
I’m sure you know this already, but French is a colourful language. You are about to discover that it can be as colourful as a wide range of fruit and veg! Here are some useful phrases you might want to try in friendly company as they are quite familiar. être...
by Alliance Française | Jan 14, 2017 | Blog
Are you planning your next holidays in this January weather? Il ne fait pas un temps à mettre un chat dehors! (it is not the kind of weather to put a cat out = it’s miserable!) Forget Milton Keynes and discover France’s unusual sea side resort created in...
