by Alliance Française | Jun 2, 2011 | Blog
Les amours imaginaires by Xavier Dolan is called Heartbeats in English.It came out in France in 2010, it depicts the story of two friends, Francis et Marie, who are both in love with the same person Nicolas. As both of them want to conquer their loved one, tension...
by Alliance Française | May 29, 2011 | Blog
A group of students in a Tuesday evening French class did just that! Here is what Pat wrote about St Malo where she spent a couple of days on her way to the Loire Valley: St Malo St Malo est une ville très ancienne, un centre maritime du peuple gaulois des Ambibarii....
by Alliance Française | May 22, 2011 | Blog
The French intensive course that we offer every year is becoming more and more popular. Whether you need French tuition in basic French or French classes in intermediate or advanced French, we have something for you:- If your French feels rather...
by Alliance Française | May 15, 2011 | Blog
Le pet de nonne or le beignet goes back to the Renaissance period. Different stories are told about the origin of the name but, in any case une nonne is a nun and pets de nonne were first of all cooked by nuns in Franche Comté ( east of France) for instance. Iza, our...
by Alliance Française | May 8, 2011 | Blog
Ce mois-ci, Audrey est allée enregistrer notre podcast au magasin Les Fleurs dans le centre de Bristol. La propriétaire Vanina nous parle de ses clients et de ses fleurs puisque le printemps est là! Elle nous raconte aussi quelques anecdotes inattendues!...
by Alliance Française | May 1, 2011 | Blog
A sprig of lily of the valley ( un brin de muguet) or a bunch ( un bouquet) if you’re wealthy (!) is offered to loved ones on the 1st of May ( le premier mai). The tradition goes back to the Renaissance when, in 1561, it is believed, the king, Charles IX...
by Alliance Française | Apr 25, 2011 | Blog
L’affaire Farewell is based on a true story of Cold War ( la guerre froide) espionage. The story is not very well-known but it played an important part in bringing down the Soviet regime.In 1981, a colonel in the KGB whose name was Vladimir Vetrov became...
by Alliance Française | Apr 17, 2011 | Blog
Isabelle, French tutor and French chef, will be demonstrating in her kitchen how to cook typical French dishes of the season. She may show you how to prepare asparagus ( des asperges ) with a sauce mousseline for instance. You will prepare dishes under her supervision...
by Alliance Française | Apr 10, 2011 | Blog
The film by Guillaume Canet, Les Petits Mouchoirs is with us now! Why les Petits Mouchoirs, little handkerchiefs? In English the title is Little White Lies and it is very appropriate as les petits mouchoirs are little lies that we tell ourselves when we don’t...
by Alliance Française | Apr 2, 2011 | Blog
Véronique, one of the French tutors at Alliance Française de Bath asked her students to write about a holiday in France.Valérie, one of the students, felt like writing her thoughts about her holidays in the Loir et Cher: Cet été, nous sommes allés dans le Loir et...
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