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6 days, 10 hours ago

‘The Day of the Jackal’ series review: Eddie Redmayne sears the screen in this Frederick Forsyth update

How is it that Eddie Redmayne’s name has never come up for James Bond? The Day of the Jackal is an update of the eponymous 1971 Frederick Forsyth novel detailing a fictitious plot to kill the French president, Charles de Gaulle. The Day of the Jackal Creator: Ronan Bennett Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch, Úrsula Corberó, Chukwudi Iwuji, Khalid Abdalla, …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Day of the Jackal’s 1973 movie is a perfect adaptation. Who needs a remake?

The Independent

Eddie Redmayne as an ace assassin? “Nicholson had read the book, knew the film was coming, and was absolutely desperate to play the part – so desperate he said, ‘I am going to get on the plane, pay for the ticket myself, come and see you, and persuade you to cast me.’” The elder Woolf met the Cuckoo’s Nest star …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘He saw himself as a noble soldier saving the country’: The man who inspired the Day of The Jackal

The Telegraph

“What’s for sure is that these people were desperate to kill De Gaulle at all costs. So when Forsyth wrote his book, he just brilliantly conflated them all into one slightly imaginary, but perfectly plausible character, the Jackal,” says French wartime historian Julian Jackson, author of A Certain Idea of France, The Life of Charles de Gaulle. Despite the huge …

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3 months ago

Harrods tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed 'used Edward VIII's Royal mansion which featured in The Crown to rape personal assistant'

Daily Mail

A lavish mansion where Mohamed Al Fayed allegedly raped one of his personal assistants has a long connection with the Royal Family and featured in The Crown. The actual exterior shown in the Netflix drama is Halton House in Buckinghamshire The property is depicted in season five of Netflix's The Crown, starring Khalid Abdalla as Dodi Al Fayed and Salim …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Orly airport no longer poorly, with a Métro game-changer for the Games

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Istanbul’s shiny new airport has a rapid Metro connection into Turkey’s largest city – unlike tough-to-reach Sabiha Gokcen airport on …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Tour de France 2024: Girmay wins Stage Eight as race remembers French president De Gaulle

The Hindu

Eritrean sprinter Biniam Girmay won stage eight of the Tour de France on Saturday at a finish line in the village where former French president Charles de Gaulle lived and is buried. Girmay’s second stage win after his historic triumph at Turin on Monday extended his lead atop the best sprinter standings in the green jersey. Olympic medal hope and …

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7 months, 1 week ago

French gastronome shares perspectives on food

China Daily

French gastronome Nicolas Kenedi holds one of his books, De Gaulle at Table. Drawing from these archival materials, Kenedi has curated significant dining events, such as the 125th anniversary celebration of the French Institute Alliance Francaise in New York and the legendary dinner at Paris City Hall for the 40th anniversary of AIG. "You cannot celebrate without looking at the …

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7 months, 1 week ago

French gastronome shares perspectives on food

China Daily

French gastronome Nicolas Kenedi holds one of his books, De Gaulle at Table. Drawing from these archival materials, Kenedi has curated significant dining events, such as the 125th anniversary celebration of the French Institute Alliance Francaise in New York and the legendary dinner at Paris City Hall for the 40th anniversary of AIG. "You cannot celebrate without looking at the …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Good Sino-French past offers great future

China Daily

French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meet in Paris, France, on Feb 20, 2024. The announcement that the Chinese leader will pay a state visit to France in early May amid one of the worst strategic crises since the end of World War II is a sign of trust that France and China can, as in …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Good Sino-French past offers great future

China Daily

French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meet in Paris, France, on Feb 20, 2024. The announcement that the Chinese leader will pay a state visit to France in early May amid one of the worst strategic crises since the end of World War II is a sign of trust that France and China can, as in …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Emmanuel Macron's China visit: How the French president missed an opportunity to cement ties with India

Firstpost

The visits of president Jacques Chirac to Delhi in January 1998 and prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s subsequent trip to Paris later in the year brought a tremendous boost to India’s foreign relations at the end of the 1990s. He said that he had come to show that “France wanted to accompany India in its potent march.” Inaugurating a seminar …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Holidaymakers face 'Black Thursday' Easter travel chaos

Daily Mail

Britons hoping to travel to Europe have today been caught up in 'Black Thursday' Easter chaos after French protesters launched another day of industrial action. Email: [email protected] A protester throws a brick during a protest in Nantes, western France today Masked protesters in Rennes react to tear gas during clashes today at a demonstration as part of the eleventh day …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Charles de Gaulle’s lost resistance speech found by amateur history buff and recreated with AI

The Telegraph

It is one of the most famous speeches in French history and a founding moment of wartime resistance. Charles de Gaulle’s Appeal of June 18, 1940, to resist the Nazi occupation of France from a BBC studio in London is taught in French schools and remembered every year by successive Gallic heads-of-state. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on the …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Iranian who inspired ‘The Terminal’ dies at Paris airport

Associated Press

PARIS — An Iranian man who lived for 18 years in Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport and whose saga loosely inspired the Steven Spielberg film “The Terminal” died Saturday in the airport that he long called home, officials said. Mehran Karimi Nasseri died after a heart attack in the airport’s Terminal 2F around midday, according an official with the Paris …

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2 years, 5 months ago

French airport workers strike for higher pay amid inflation

The Independent

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2 years, 11 months ago

The incredible story of the real Miss Dior

The Independent

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3 years, 7 months ago

India, France begin annual joint naval exercise Varuna

Live Mint

New Delhi: The challenges posed by the covid-19 pandemic notwithstanding, India and France on Sunday commenced their annual “Varuna” joint naval exercise with large-scale drills in the western Arabian Sea. This is the 19th edition of the exercise and “involves the participation of the French Navy aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle, and its entire carrier strike group,” the French embassy …

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3 years, 10 months ago

‘Great victory for environmentalists’: France to scrap ‘obsolete’ Paris Charles de Gaulle airport expansion

The Independent

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4 years, 1 month ago

Charles de Gaulle Airport of Paris Now the Busiest in the World, Heathrow Down to Second

News 18

Londons Heathrow Airport says it has lost its place as Europes busiest air hub to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris after the COVID-19 pandemic grounded flights and Britain failed to approve passenger testing that could scale back quarantine requirements. Heathrow said Wednesday that it expects passenger numbers to fall more than previously forecast this year and rebound more slowly …

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‘The Day of the Jackal’ series review: Eddie Redmayne sears the screen in this Frederick Forsyth update

The Day of the Jackal’s 1973 movie is a perfect adaptation. Who needs a remake?

‘He saw himself as a noble soldier saving the country’: The man who inspired the Day of The Jackal

Harrods tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed 'used Edward VIII's Royal mansion which featured in The Crown to rape personal assistant'

Paris Orly airport no longer poorly, with a Métro game-changer for the Games

Tour de France 2024: Girmay wins Stage Eight as race remembers French president De Gaulle

French gastronome shares perspectives on food

French gastronome shares perspectives on food

Good Sino-French past offers great future

Good Sino-French past offers great future

Emmanuel Macron's China visit: How the French president missed an opportunity to cement ties with India

Holidaymakers face 'Black Thursday' Easter travel chaos

Charles de Gaulle’s lost resistance speech found by amateur history buff and recreated with AI

Iranian who inspired ‘The Terminal’ dies at Paris airport

French airport workers strike for higher pay amid inflation

The incredible story of the real Miss Dior

India, France begin annual joint naval exercise Varuna

‘Great victory for environmentalists’: France to scrap ‘obsolete’ Paris Charles de Gaulle airport expansion

Charles de Gaulle Airport of Paris Now the Busiest in the World, Heathrow Down to Second