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16.31.a - Where Things Come From
FRANCE AS IT MEANS—a lazy assumption that turned out wrong, a word that used to just mean cheese, a road named for an abbot, a river shaped by saints.
Aug 8
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16.31 - Small Words, Long French Histories
FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS— Fourme, before it was fromage, a village Paris swallowed whole, and a valley shaped by faith and wine.
Aug 7
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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A Paragraph About Versailles I Almost Skipped
On a paragraph nearly skipped, a couturier's own faïence, and the French artisan workshops that came with the name
Aug 7
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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16.30.a - A Coat, A Dead Novelist, A Toddler in Paris
FRANCE AS IT MEANS—This week's edition ranges from Leïla Slimani's unguarded moment to Huysmans revisited, a strange stop in the Auvergne, and small…
Aug 1
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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16.30 - The Writer Who Refused to Stay Dead
FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS—a century old literary obsession, a spring that turns objects to stone, and raising toddlers in Paris
Jul 31
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The Woman I Thought I Knew
Walking home from the market, I heard a voice I recognised, and discovered I'd only ever known half of Leïla Slimani
Jul 31
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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16.29.a —French Rooms, French Rules and the Real Paris
FRANCE AS IT MEANS— empty rooms, an unspoken code in the Dordogne, a job no one discusses, and a museum behind a green door only the curious find.
Jul 25
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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16.29 - The Rule Nobody Explains
FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS— a Dordogne town with an unspoken code, the job the French never discuss, and a green door in Le Marais that keeps its own…
Jul 24
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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What a French Painter Taught Me About Life in Between Seasons
Wrestling with the in between.
Jul 24
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16.28.a - What France Is Worth: Money, Colour and Midnight Light
FRANCE AS IT MEANS—private equity discovers perfume, a Dutch royal house owes France a favour, and two writers find their footing in a new language and…
Jul 18
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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The €4 Billion Nose: When Private Equity Discovered French Perfume Smells Like Money
How a Boston buyout firm, a French luxury conglomerate quietly exiting beauty, and a tripling valuation are rewriting who owns "French" scent. A French…
Jul 17
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Judy MacMahon—Fondatrice
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16.28 - Bilingual Homework, Dutch Jerseys and a Tea Set at Dawn
FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS—a mother relearns competence in two languages, a Dutch royal colour traces back to Provence, and a photographer finds clarity at…
Jul 17
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