Two hundred and five years ago today, 31st December 2010, the French Republican Calendar was abolished by Napoleaon. It had come into being in late 1793. (It was briefly revived for 18 days in 1871!)
The new Republican Government that came into power after the Revolution wanted to sweep away as much of the Ancien Régime [...]
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Ruadhri sang this song at one of his Christmas concerts, and it’s stayed a favourite – La Grève des Sapins by Dominique Dimey. So I’ve done my own translation of it. Enjoy! Chorus : Nouzerines’ Marché de Noël got underway this afternoon. Caitlin has been busy with it for a couple of months now, going down to the school on Saturday mornings to make Christmas decorations and other trinkets to sell on the Comité des Fête’s stall. Benj went down to help one morning but was sent off to [...] |
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