French Crossroads

Home
Notes
McFrance
Guides
Dreaming Of France
Chocolatine-land
Paris 2024
Archive
About

February 2024

Paris 2024: Heavy Eiffel Tower Medals
As Seine booksellers get a stay of execution, Paris braces for an invasion of French people during the Games.
 • 
Chris O'Brien
These Chefs Want To Make Breakfast A Thing In France. Will The French Bite?
The morning meal is unloved here. An association of chefs and hotel operators hope its annual breakfast competition will get people to wake up to its…
 • 
Chris O'Brien
2
The Old Macron On The Mountain
The president surfed a wave of youthful enthusiasm in his first election. Lately, critics say he sounds like an elderly politician from yesteryear.
 • 
Chris O'Brien
Weekend Playlist #15: Les Victoires De La Musique Edition
France's Grammys (finally) embraced the nation's rising rap scene after years of controversy. But the big winner may be newcomer Zaho de Sagazan.
 • 
Chris O'Brien
5

January 2024

Hi-ho, The Derry-O, French Farmers Are In The Merde
A crisis building for years in the countryside finally erupts with a "siege" of Paris by rural protestors demanding more radical support for the…
 • 
Chris O'Brien
1
2024 Post-Holiday Postcard From France
It was the best of times. It was the strangest of times. It was the wettest of times.
 • 
Chris O'Brien

December 2023

Weekend Playlist #14: Noël Music Edition
Celebrate Christmas with holiday music from France.
 • 
Chris O'Brien
France For Sale
Oh, my country has a first name, it's F-R-A-N-C-E...My country has a second name, it's...
 • 
Chris O'Brien
6
Inundation Nation: Who'll Stop The Rain?
Record rainfall is the latest extreme weather to hit France.
 • 
Chris O'Brien
3

November 2023

A Night Outside The Opera
As the Paris Opera - Palais Garnier undergoes a massive renovation, three artists used the scaffolding to produce ambitious public performance art.
 • 
Chris O'Brien
3
War Of The Words: The Battle Over The French Language
Jousting over a new museum and the movement to make the language gender neutral.
 • 
Chris O'Brien
3
© 2024 Chris O'Brien
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture