Tag Archives: Paris

Interior Intact

Bodger at 9:55 am April 16, 2019

This morning.

Paris, France

Tess writes:

For people worried about the incredible stained glass rose windows of Notre Dame at least one has been destroyed, but the enormous one at the nave seems to be intact…

Meanwhile…

French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to rebuild the medieval cathedral of Notre-Dame after a major fire partially destroyed the Paris landmark.

Firefighters managed to save the 850-year-old Gothic building’s main stone structure, including its two towers, but the spire and roof collapsed.

Notre-Dame fire: Macron pledges to reconstruct cathedral (BBC)

Last night: Meanwhile, In Paris

Meanwhile…

This morning

Newspaper coverage of the blaze from around the world.

Earlier: De Tuesday Papers

Meanwhile, In Paris

Bodger at 6:57 pm April 15, 2019

BREAKING: Smoke and flames seen shooting out of top of Paris’ iconic Notre Dame cathedral as fire breaks out.

The fire may be connected to the recent restoration of the church, officials say. https://t.co/lsQYxe5tef pic.twitter.com/FQ5xV9GyiF

— ABC News (@ABC) April 15, 2019

Tonight.

Paris, France.

Update:

Photo of Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral from a friend’s apartment. Heartbreaking. pic.twitter.com/ztWcYxulln

— Alex Whitcomb (@AlexWhitcomb) April 15, 2019

Update:

#NotreDame: ‘The roof has entirely collapsed, there are flames coming out the back of the cathedral as if it was a torch’@charli, Journalist at France 24, at the scene of the fire. pic.twitter.com/2B0IrMiDcL

— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) April 15, 2019

Update:

The moment #NotreDame’s spire fell pic.twitter.com/XUcr6Iob0b

— Patrick Galey (@patrickgaley) April 15, 2019

More as we get it.

Some With A Flattering Word

Bodger at 2:23 pm January 24, 2019

The coward does it with a kiss.

Mucky frogs.

Ulatn Maship (on tour) writes:

Le Cimetière du Père Lachaise in the snow this morning. Since 2011 the Irish Government has moved to protect Oscar’s Wilde’s tomb. Just as well. #Anyexcuse…

Bring him home.

FIGHT!

Cinéma Français

Chompsky at 2:06 pm May 30, 2018

1960s Paris noir captured by Johann van der Keuken.

crossingilandmono/thisisnthappiness

We’ll Always Have Paris

Chompsky at 12:50 pm March 20, 2018

Paris Syndrome: a photo series by Francois Prost featuring Tianducheng – a 12 square mile housing development on the outskirts of Hangzhou in China inspired by (if not an unashamed rip-off of) Paris (on the left, except for the last pic [Thanks Thomas P]).

31 square kiometers of faux Belle Époque and nearly neoclassical architecture complete with a third-scale model of the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and the gardens of Versailles.

MORE: Side-by-side photos of Paris and its Chinese knockoff (Wired)

We’ll Always Have Pairs

Admin at 6:04 pm August 23, 2017

Chris Cleary writes:

Hoping this is not a typo. Purchased in the Euro shop Nenagh Co Tipperary

Pour Encourager Les Autres

Admin at 3:02 pm December 19, 2016

Taosieach Enda Kenny and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde at Government Buildings in Dublin in January 2015

The Financial Times reports:

Christine Lagarde was found guilty of negligence in public office by a special Paris court on Monday in a case that has cast a cloud over her position as managing director of the International Monetary Fund.

A French tribunal decided not to hand down any sentence to the former French finance minister. Ms Lagarde’s lawyer said the verdict would not enter into her judicial record and claimed the verdict as a “half victory”.

The court, dedicated to judging ministers, said Ms Lagarde failed to prevent a fraudulent €403m payout the French state made to flamboyant entrepreneur Bernard Tapie when she was finance minister.

The court said that Ms Lagarde should have appealed the payout, which occurred in 2008.

The conviction is an unwelcome stain on the IMF managing director’s stint at the fund. But it may not be enough to see her toppled at the head of the fund.

French court finds Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence (Financial Times)

Meanwhile…

Statement via Thanasis Koukakis

Previously: The Real Heroes

He’s Held In High Lagarde

How Much?

Admin at 12:01 pm June 27, 2016

Joe Collins writes:

We all know they tweak with fares but its worthwhile seeing it in action now and again. Aer Lingus prices to Paris for this coming Sunday, the day Ireland ‘might’ have played had they won. Before and after yesterday’s game. The 13:40 flight was €414.99 before KO and down to €167.99 after the Boys in Green’s adventure was ended.

Anyone?