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The official flower of March is the daffodil, and while the cheery yellow bloom does appear in Paris’s gardens and florists throughout this first month of spring, there’s another flower that seems to capture the whimsical spirit of an early Parisian springtime so much more perfectly: a pink magnolia. The magnolia is named after French […]

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Paris is the kind of city that welcomes anyone, at any age or life stage. You can be happily solo, wandering whichever way your fancy takes you, immersing yourself in the city’s rich history. Or you can visit with a gaggle of girlfriends, and shop and dance your days and nights away. Paris can be […]

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Marie Antoinette — a villain to some, victim to others — is endlessly fascinating. The ghost of France’s last queen has haunted myriad books, countless hours of screen time. The latest quest to understand this much-maligned but also much-admired woman is Marie Antoinette, an eight-part television series co-produced by the BBC and Canal+. Read on […]

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