courtesans

‘Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces’ by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Through the looking-glass

9 August 2014 9:00 am

On Monday 21 April 1760 Joshua Reynolds had a busy day. Through the morning and the afternoon he had a…

Edward VII, portrayed in the French press hurrying across the Channel to the delights of Paris

Nights at the Opéra

7 June 2014 9:00 am

Stephen Clarke lives in Paris and writes book with titles such as 1,000 Years of Annoying the French. Dirty Bertie…