The French know how to protest. I knew the joke that it was practically a national past-time, but as a Londoner newly arrived in the city I didn’t expect to be re-directed around protesters by bored looking riot police on such a regular basis. Not that London is a stranger to dissent: from the student [...]

The last time I took a day trip to Paris on the Eurostar it was Christmas time and I was eager and to see the whole city in a day. I took in all of the major sights, but two days later the whole experience seemed like a dream. I had, had little time to [...]