There is nothing more thrilling than a public performance, especially when it is done in French which still, after six months of serious efforts, is not my mother tongue. This week I had my true baptism of fire – my first exposé en oral, a presentation. It also tested how well I had managed to soak up the golden rules of the méthode francaise.

At the end of January in Cannes, Southern France. Every year at the same time takes place the MIDEM, the musical international market where contracts are signed dime a dozen and where producers from around the world are looking for the musical rarity.

Henri Guaino, special adviser to Nicolas Sarkozy will not object to his reputation for being eurosceptical. Such a situation scares European leaders who do not forget that France will be in command of the EU for a new rotating presidency of the European Council within three months. 

12-10-07, Orly airport – Dark spectacles, waxed hair, and a figure suddenly gets out from the private jet that has just landed. Behind this ballet of bodyguards, one can hardly see the man diving into a long white limo. A face that has no age, swollen with botox injections, dark hair; however, it is not an old and tired singer but Mouammar Kadhafi, Chief of the Libyan revolution, coming for an official visit to Paris.

To celebrate Colonel Kadhafi’s departure, Café Babel-La Parisienne organize a grand game and would love its beloved readers to chip in!