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Le Grand Retournement, A Modern Morality Play

Rob Wolfe | Posted 06.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: French Cinema, Comoedia, France, Financial Reform, Arts, Financial Crisis, Le Grand Retournement, Lyon, Fr-Culture, Film, Culture, Nicolas Sarkozy, Cinema, UK Universities & Education News
Rob Wolfe

The creators would likely respond that the intent of the film, being a dramatization, is merely to present an artistic representation of the French view of the 2009 crisis. But how sequestered is the niche the production hides itself in?

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Tottenham Hotspur Beats Olympique Lyonnais, 1-1

Rob Wolfe | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK Sport
Read More: Football, Soccer, Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon, Lyon 7èMe, Stade De Gerland, UEFA European Football Championship, Tottenham Hotspur, Europa League, Ligue Europa, UK Sport News
Rob Wolfe

For all of football's status as a European cultural icon, for all its intangible preeminence, the meat of its success, the living, breathing organism that is the European football fandom, is actually millions of organisms: individuals, countless raving, screaming, chanting, singing fans, all convinced like the followers of many a world religion that any and all non-subscribers to their creed are doomed to damnation

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Nick Of Time

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 21.02.2013 | UK Sport
Read More: UK Sport, UK Football, Lyon, Lyon 1-1 Tottenham, Mousa Dembele, Tottenham Hotspur, Europa League, UK Sport News

Tottenham's difficult week in Lyon ended on a dramatic high after Mousa Dembele fired his team in to the last 16 of the Europa League with a stunning ...

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Far-Right Hooligans Making Nazi Salutes Attack Spurs Supporters In France

Posted 21.02.2013 | UK
Read More: Video, Far Right, UK News, Soccer, Football, Lyon, Spurs, Europa League, Tottenham Hotspur, Hooligans, UK News

Tottenham Hotspur fans were set upon by about 50 masked thugs making Nazi salutes ahead of a football match in France. The club confirmed three fan...

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Aimé Césaire: The Arts in Lyon

Rob Wolfe | Posted 17.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Ex-Pat, Marronniers, France, Theatre, Arts, Joel Lokossou, Theater, Lyon, Post-Colonialism, Persona, UK Universities & Education News
Rob Wolfe

If you go to one theater performance this winter, make it the Persona Company's production of Aimé Césaire's epic poem Cahier d'un retour au pays natal.

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Banned From Schools, The Roma Gypsy Children Taught In Police Stations

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 31.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Roma, UK News, Roma People, France, Gypsy, Racism, Lyon, Mrap, International Students, Roma Gypsies, UK News

Roma gypsy children in France are being educated in a police station - because schools refuse to let the children learn in regular classes. France ...

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Travel Eye: The Power of Lyon

Karen Edwards | Posted 30.01.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: History, France, City Breaks, Food, Travel, Trips, Lyon, Wine, UK Lifestyle News
Karen Edwards

December is a magical time to visit Lyon. Everyone comes out of their houses, to shine out their candles into the night. Lights are even shone onto buildings through huge projectors and the whole city spectacularly comes alive. I've already made up my mind to come back.

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Spurs Knocked Back By Lloris And Ramirez's Clubs

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 14.08.2012 | UK Sport
Read More: UK Football, UK Sport, Gaston Ramirez, Premier League, Lyon, Hugo Lloris, Tottenham Hotspur, Bologna, UK Sport News

Tottenham Hotspur's struggles to strengthen their squad for the new season have continued, after it was revealed they have had bids for Lyon goalkeepe...

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Re-Discovering Beaujolais

Mike John Matthews | Posted 25.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Gamay, Beaujolais, Lyon, Inter Beaujolais, Pinot Noir, Macon, Mont Brouilly, Beaujolais Villages, Bordeaux, France, Beaujolais Nouveau, Burgundy, Saint-Amour, Chiroubles, Moulin-a-Vent, Julienas, Fleurie, Regnie, Chenas, Morgon, UK Lifestyle News
Mike John Matthews

Beaujolais, or Bojo for short, has had to live with the stigma of the once successful Beaujolais Nouveau, in its day a great marketing ploy. During the wines heyday, Beaujolais Nouveau consumers would wait patiently, or race to France, for the third Thursday of November when Nouveau day would come around.

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