Agnes C. Poirier
@agnescpoirier.bsky.social
Journalist, writer & broadcaster.
📚LEFT BANK, Arts, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950 (Bloomsbury)
📚NOTRE-DAME, The Soul of France (OneWorld)
✍️ 🎤 📺 UK and French politics, Arts and History
📚LEFT BANK, Arts, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950 (Bloomsbury)
📚NOTRE-DAME, The Soul of France (OneWorld)
✍️ 🎤 📺 UK and French politics, Arts and History
Reposted by Agnes C. Poirier
"I didn't want to say immediately it was me," fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux said. "With this photo there is a mystery, so you have to make it last." n.pr/3WOLsWT
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
"I didn't want to say immediately it was me," fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux said. "With this photo there is a mystery, so you have to make it last."
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"I didn't want to say immediately it was me," fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux said. "With this photo there is a mystery, so you have to make it last." n.pr/3WOLsWT
In which I write about the beauty of Saint Malo in Autumn👇 www.ft.com/content/9235...
Swap Paris and Rome for one of these alternative autumn city breaks
From Regensburg to Modica, these autumn getaways offer culture, cuisine — and none of the crowds
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November 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
In which I write about the beauty of Saint Malo in Autumn👇 www.ft.com/content/9235...
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Call me contrarian but this (very critical) review of the Goncourt winning « La Maison Vide » is very funny. And rings true.
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www.lexpress.fr/culture/livr...
"La Maison vide", de Laurent Mauvignier, est-il le chef-d’œuvre de la rentrée ? L'avis très tranché de notre critique
Déjà vendu à plus de 60 000 exemplaires, ce livre est un des succès de la rentrée. Il a pourtant laissé une impression désagréable à notre critique, tant l’auteur y dénigre ses malheureux aïeux...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Call me contrarian but this (very critical) review of the Goncourt winning « La Maison Vide » is very funny. And rings true.
www.lexpress.fr/culture/livr...
www.lexpress.fr/culture/livr...
Bloody hell! The #MoulinRouge owner wants to destroy both the homes (now small museums) of poets #JacquesPrévert and #BorisVian which are open to the public and have been preserved by their respective families since their death.
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
Moulin Rouge forces closure of famed screenwriter’s Paris flat
The preserved Montmartre property, home to Jacques Prévert in the 1950s, is shuttered as the cabaret venue plans to convert the building into a music hall
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October 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Bloody hell! The #MoulinRouge owner wants to destroy both the homes (now small museums) of poets #JacquesPrévert and #BorisVian which are open to the public and have been preserved by their respective families since their death.
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
It is official, two of the four Louvre thieves have been arrested. The details here 👇 Cambriolage au Louvre : ce que l’on sait après l’interpellation de deux suspects lepoint.fr/tiny/1-2601781 #Société via @LePoint
Cambriolage au Louvre : ce que l’on sait après l’interpellation de deux suspects
Deux suspects ont été interpellés puis placés en garde à vue, samedi soir, dans le cadre de l’enquête sur le cambriolage du Louvre, qui a entraîné la disparition de huit bijoux royaux.
lepoint.fr
October 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
It is official, two of the four Louvre thieves have been arrested. The details here 👇 Cambriolage au Louvre : ce que l’on sait après l’interpellation de deux suspects lepoint.fr/tiny/1-2601781 #Société via @LePoint
The new spot for a selfie in Paris is .... Yes, there, at the Louvre, just at the corner where four schmucks used a ladder and then stole our Crown's jewels.
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Cambriolage au Louvre : « La fenêtre la plus célèbre du monde », nouvelle attraction touristique de Paris
Une semaine après le cambriolage du célèbre musée parisien, et alors que l’enquête se poursuit, la fenêtre par laquelle sont passés les malf
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October 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The new spot for a selfie in Paris is .... Yes, there, at the Louvre, just at the corner where four schmucks used a ladder and then stole our Crown's jewels.
www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/cam...
www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/cam...
"The guards did not try to intervene to stop them"
(They followed instructions to lead visitors to safety).
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(They followed instructions to lead visitors to safety).
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How the Louvre museum heist unfolded
The Louvre robbery: Which French crown jewels were stolen — and how did it happen?
www.thetimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:22 AM
"The guards did not try to intervene to stop them"
(They followed instructions to lead visitors to safety).
🤨
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
(They followed instructions to lead visitors to safety).
🤨
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
Only 51% of French people want new elections today (they were 66% a fortnight ago). Sébastien Lecornu is doing well, or not that badly. #France
October 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Only 51% of French people want new elections today (they were 66% a fortnight ago). Sébastien Lecornu is doing well, or not that badly. #France
We French love our history teachers – Samuel Paty made us remember why
In Memoriam #SamuelPaty
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In Memoriam #SamuelPaty
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We French love our history teachers – Samuel Paty made us remember why | Agnès Poirier
Religion struck another blow against freedom of thought with the vicious murder of a man whose mission was to civilise
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October 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We French love our history teachers – Samuel Paty made us remember why
In Memoriam #SamuelPaty
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In Memoriam #SamuelPaty
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October 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Very interesting article 👇
"Three plans were on the table: one put forward by Egypt; another by Blair and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law; and a third by France and Saudi Arabia. Aspects of all three plans eventually fed into Trump’s peace plan."
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
"Three plans were on the table: one put forward by Egypt; another by Blair and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law; and a third by France and Saudi Arabia. Aspects of all three plans eventually fed into Trump’s peace plan."
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
How important was the UK to the Gaza peace deal?
Sir Keir Starmer’s national security adviser Jonathan Powell was involved in talks that led to the Good Friday agreement, which bears similarities with Trump’s 20-point peace plan
www.thetimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Very interesting article 👇
"Three plans were on the table: one put forward by Egypt; another by Blair and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law; and a third by France and Saudi Arabia. Aspects of all three plans eventually fed into Trump’s peace plan."
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
"Three plans were on the table: one put forward by Egypt; another by Blair and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law; and a third by France and Saudi Arabia. Aspects of all three plans eventually fed into Trump’s peace plan."
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This man will sleep in prison from next Tuesday (21 October)
October 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This man will sleep in prison from next Tuesday (21 October)
October 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
October 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Today, Robert Badinter, the architect of the abolition of death penalty in France, and a great conscience, is entering the #Panthéon where he will be resting next to Condorcet, the French Enlightenment philosopher.
October 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Today, Robert Badinter, the architect of the abolition of death penalty in France, and a great conscience, is entering the #Panthéon where he will be resting next to Condorcet, the French Enlightenment philosopher.
French politicians and political commentators dissolve—if not into ridicule, then at least into panic. Former prime ministers unashamedly attempt to kill the father, Macron (as if they stood a chance in the next elections). 1/2
October 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
French politicians and political commentators dissolve—if not into ridicule, then at least into panic. Former prime ministers unashamedly attempt to kill the father, Macron (as if they stood a chance in the next elections). 1/2
« Oh I have just seen a French Prime Minister! »
« Make a wish. »
@xavier-gorce.bsky.social in fine form.
« Make a wish. »
@xavier-gorce.bsky.social in fine form.
October 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
« Oh I have just seen a French Prime Minister! »
« Make a wish. »
@xavier-gorce.bsky.social in fine form.
« Make a wish. »
@xavier-gorce.bsky.social in fine form.
French PM Lecornu has just explained his resignation: political parties all behave as if they have a majority in parliament; their intransigence and egotism is making it impossible. #France
October 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
French PM Lecornu has just explained his resignation: political parties all behave as if they have a majority in parliament; their intransigence and egotism is making it impossible. #France
Bloody hell. The French PM has just resigned!
October 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Bloody hell. The French PM has just resigned!
Meanwhile, the French government appointed yesterday might not last more than 24 hours. The Interior Minister #Brunoretailleau is threatening to leave today along with right-wing ministers from his party Les Républicains. Watch this space.
www.lepoint.fr/politique/br...
www.lepoint.fr/politique/br...
Bruno Retailleau sur le départ, les coulisses d’une crise XXL
Sauf coup de théâtre, le ministre de l’Intérieur, tout juste renommé, devrait annoncer ce lundi que son parti quitte le navire du gouvernement Lecornu. Fous de rage, les LR se sentent floués.
www.lepoint.fr
October 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Meanwhile, the French government appointed yesterday might not last more than 24 hours. The Interior Minister #Brunoretailleau is threatening to leave today along with right-wing ministers from his party Les Républicains. Watch this space.
www.lepoint.fr/politique/br...
www.lepoint.fr/politique/br...