Hidden Sounds of La Fontaine Médicis
LA FONTAINE DE MÉDICIS, or the Medici Fountain, is a monumental fountain in the Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. I’ve been to it many times but early on a bitterly cold morning...
View ArticleSounds of the Parisian Spring
WE’VE HAD SOME beautiful sunshine in Paris over the last week or so – and when the sun shines people head to the parks. Returning from a recording assignment the other day, I walked through the Jardin...
View ArticleSousa Comes To Paris
I WAS WALKING THROUGH the Jardin du Luxembourg heading for my 82 bus when I came upon something quite unusual, something I couldn’t possibly walk past without stopping to record. Unfortunately, I...
View ArticleAn ‘Indelible Stain’ Remembered
YESTERDAY, ON THE 10th MAY, on his last official outing as Président de la République, François Hollande attended an exhibition to mark the Journée nationale des mémoires de la traite, de l’esclavage...
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