by Alliance Française | Mar 13, 2016 | Blog
What is la Francophonie/ francophonie?The word appeared for the first time (pour la première fois) around 1880 when a French geographer used it to refer to people speaking French and to countries where French was spoken.There are two words:La francophonie, with a...
by Alliance Française | Mar 6, 2016 | Blog
Pierre Soulages, painter and engraver ( peintre et graveur), now well in his nineties has a museum named after him in Rodez, Aveyron where he was born.Julie, who is an historian of French art ( spécialiste en histoire de l’art), will talk, in French, about...
by Alliance Française | Mar 2, 2016 | Blog
As promised, please find below the list of songs Peter, Jonathan and Audrey performed on Friday night:Padam – Edith PiafLa bohème – Charles AznavourNous deux – Léo FerréLes vieux amants – Jacques BrelAvec le temps – Léo FerréJack the...
by Alliance Française | Feb 28, 2016 | Blog
It is the year when there are 29 days in February ( 29 jours en février) like this year. Tomorrow, we gain an extra day. But whose idea was it?It seems that Julius Caesar ( Jules César) followed the advice of the Egyptian astronomer ( l’astronome égyptien),...
by Alliance Française | Feb 21, 2016 | Blog
Well she does! She is going to give us an evening of French songs with Peter, ex French lecturer at Bristol University, who also sings and plays the guitar. They will be accompanied by a double bass player.The show is on Friday, 26th February, upstairs at The Hen...
by Alliance Française | Feb 14, 2016 | Blog
Did you that you can send your message to a newspaper like Libération which publishes all messages in the ad section ( la rubrique des petites annonces).They are very fair play if you wish to send messages to different boyfriends or girlfriends, they don’t put...
by Alliance Française | Feb 7, 2016 | Blog
Julie, specialist on French art, is giving a series of three talks on Tuesday afternoons in Bath. The talks are in French, illustrated with photos. The first talk is on wall paintings (les peintures murales), the second one on Roman remnants ( les ruines romaines)...
by Alliance Française | Jan 31, 2016 | Blog
First of all our show of short sketches and word games is taking place this coming Tuesday in Bristol. Audrey, our French specialist tutor, will show, as usual, that with encouragement, a positive attitude and enthusiasm, students, with an average level of French, can...
by Alliance Française | Jan 24, 2016 | Blog
The film is called Welcome by Philippe Lioret with Vincent Lindon, Firat Ayverdi and Audrey Dana.It is a drama taking place in Calais, Simon ( Vincent Lindon) is a swimming instructor ( maître nageur) at Calais swimming pool ( la piscine de Calais), his wife, Marion (...
by Alliance Française | Jan 17, 2016 | Blog
It is situated in Paris between the 10th ( le 10ème )and 11th ( le 11 ème) arrondissement and was built in 1822, mainly to bring drinking water ( de l’eau potable) to the Parisians. It is not very long, only 4.55km, has nine locks ( neuf écluses), two swinging...
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