No Order, Only Disorder: A Conversation with Hubert Védrine
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Few statesmen of his generation have operated as deeply within the machinery of power or dissected it with such calculated realism. Hubert Védrine spent fourteen years shaping French foreign policy at the side…
Cassoulet: The God of Occitan Cuisine
Cassoulet: The God of Occitan Cuisine | Food Tour de France
Cassoulet — the slow-cooked white bean stew that the gastronome Prosper Montagné called the God of Occitan cuisine — is one of the most celebrated and most fiercely contested dishes in the whole of French gastronomy. Today's Food Tour de F…
The Doctor Who Tried to Steal Hawaii, and the Secret That Changed the Cold War
The Doctor Who Tried to Steal Hawaii, and the Secret That Changed the Cold War
On 19 July 1817, German doctor Georg Anton Schäffer was expelled from Kauaʻi after a spectacular two-year attempt to claim the Hawaiian Islands for the Russian Empire without any authority to do so. He built three forts…
179. French Presidents: 1981-2022 (Part 2)
In the second of two episodes covering France's post-war presidents, Tom and Dominic drill down into the remaining historical statesmen, bringing us right up to the current day. François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, François Hollande, and Emmanuel Macron - there are some incredible…
179. French Presidents: 1981-2022 (Part 2)
In the second of two episodes covering France's post-war presidents, Tom and Dominic drill down into the remaining historical statesmen, bringing us right up to the current day. François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, François Hollande, and Emmanuel Macron - there are some incredible…
The French Socialist Party: From Mitterrand to the Fight for the Left - Dr. Amine Zidouh
For decades, the Parti Socialiste was the central governing force of the French left. It elected presidents, transformed daily life through shorter working hours, paid vacation, decentralization, abolition of the death penalty, and marriage equality, and then gradually lost much of the electorate i…
Stéphane Demoustier on the battle between vision and reality in The Great Arch
In the early 1980s President François Mitterrand had a bold vision for Paris. It was his intention to create a new artistic epoch that would be as new and as hopeful as his election as the first left-wing leader of the Fifth Republic. Part of his vision was the Grandes Opérations d'Architecture et …
Marseille Assassination; Hoover Dam Power; Che’s Execution; Death-Penalty Abolition; Rangoon Bombing; Phantom Premiere; Lunar Impact
A Daily Dose of History (10 Oct 2026)
Today's historical events:
An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.
Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
A day after his …
The Louvre Heist, One Year Later
One year ago today, the unthinkable happened. On a quiet Sunday morning, as Paris woke up, four thieves pulled off the heist that would shock the world.
It was October 19, 2025, along the Quai François Mitterrand, below the window of the Petit Galerie at the Musée du Louvre, when four criminals pa…
Lisieux: Self-Guided Audio Walk Through a Pilgrim City
Full Version: Lisieux: Self-Guided Audio Walk Through a Pilgrim City
This self-guided audio walking tour explores Lisieux through its religious heritage, historic streets, and civic landmarks. It is ideal for travelers interested in Saint Therese, Norman history, and the character of a small French…
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