The French American Center forum is a virtual notice board for anyone interested in cultural exchange or or offering help, advice, furniture, babysitting, apartments to share etc.. for English speaking students in the Montpellier area. If you are an anglophone you can make contact with the French
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Montpellier based author Jeremy Josephs has just published his eighth book. “It’s an unusual mix of biography, gastronomy, murder, art, sex and scandal”, he declares. And this is reflected in the title A MOST UNUSUAL MENU – ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA. It sounds more like fiction than
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If you are looking for locally based Anglo writers to add to your summer reading list you can find two under the same roof and start your search with their sites listed here. Clair and Jeremy could be described as an enthusiastic, friendly and eclectic couple with
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By 1950, Kenya was on the verge of one of the bloodiest and most protracted wars of decolonisation fought in Britain’s twentieth century empire.’ Britain’s Gulag. P 28. White Lies is about different kinds of war and different kinds of loving. It explores the fragility and partiality
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What good fun this recent debate about courses being taught in English in French universities. It all started with Genevieve Fioraso, the Minister of Higher Education, modestly suggesting a reform to an old law that was already willfully ignored by the majority of Higher Education institutions, particularly
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Palavas is a town that inspires one to say « looks like this would have been a nice place to visit about 50 years ago ». That, if one has good taste, is the about the most complementary thing someone will say about the town after a quick look.
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Loulou and Philou (your very own loulous) are so exited to have opened their international deli cafe in the arceaux neighbourhood of Montpellier. At international loulou you can find Italian cold meats, anti pasti, fabulous cheddar and Stilton as well as home made carrot cake and cheesecake,
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We are looking for charismatic, highly motivated teachers to join our team in the South of France. We offer a full in house training programme and provide teaching materials for each lesson. We employ only native speakers and offer full time work in a salaried position. Our
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Three nights ago I came my closest ever to being in an action film and I hate action films. So my little one decided she was not going to sleep. Fortunately, this is rare but on this particular night she was into everything. She even turned on
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It all started in February 2011, on holiday from my 2nd year postgraduate degree in music therapy at Montpellier University, France, I visited my parents in Nottingham, England. My mother had saved me an article from the Daily Telegraph « Music therapy has flipped the switch for U.S
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