Category Archives: entertainment

Strasbourg’s disorganised Summer festival

Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 by Howie

The Summer festival of 2004 coincided with the first visit we made to our now chosen home of Strasbourg.  Then, when the town was ruled by Mayor Fabienne Keller, the festival was the low-key ‘L’Ill aux Lumières’ based around the … Continue reading →

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The gods of Bande Dessinée come to Strasbourg

Posted on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 by Howie

Soon after we moved to France my interest in Franco-Belgian comics was reawakened, partly due to the necessity to master the language. When there are pictures to go with words and dialogue it really helps you to understand the context … Continue reading →

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Comics, cows, theatre and music

Posted on Friday, June 4, 2010 by Howie

There’s a bit of an arts and culture pile-up this weekend in Strasbourg.  You’d think the CUS (who sponsors the majority of these events) might point out to the organisers of said events in advance that they might clash so … Continue reading →

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Giant office building open day

Posted on Thursday, April 29, 2010 by Howie

If you’ve ever been curious enough to wonder what the insides of that giant glass-fronted office building up at Wacken look like, then rejoice! For on the 9th of May the security guards will open this normally empty building to … Continue reading →

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Swan Lake on Ice

Posted on Monday, March 15, 2010 by Howie

Ever wondered what Olympic Ice Dance and Figure-skating champions get up to after their gold medal performances? Okay – of course they binge on champagne and get horrendously drunk, but I mean after that – career wise? No? Well 26 … Continue reading →

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A good reason to head down to Switzerland – whatever the weather

Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 by Howie

Last weekend I was party to a expedition to the incredible Alpamare acquatic complex a few miles south of Zurich. Billed as the biggest covered waterpark in Europe – this has to be the most incredible ‘swimming baths’ I have … Continue reading →

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The swinging tit’s of Olivia Ruiz

Posted on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 by Howie

When Russian Vladimir Nabakov released his first English novel, Lolita, he was heavily criticised for choosing such a shocking subject matter, no-one really bothered to congratulate him on writing flawlessly in a foreign language. But that’s the Anglophone world for … Continue reading →

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Le Brio

Posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 by Howie

If you’ve lived in France for any length of time, you can’t have helped but hear this little ditty once or twice during your daily routine; because it (Le Brio by Californian rock group ‘Big Soul’) is played on French … Continue reading →

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The best show on TV

Posted on Monday, May 26, 2008 by Howie

I am in the fortunate position of occasionally being able to benchmark French Television programming against contemporary British fayre. And I am afraid to say that they are both as bad as each other. Indeed the same could be said … Continue reading →

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Exquisite corpse : the show

Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 by Howie

There is a family game, which I knew fondly as a child as ‘Consequences’, the equivalent title of which this side of the channel is rather macabre: Exquisite corpse. Essentially ‘exquisite corpse’ (or cadavre exquis in French) refers to a … Continue reading →

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