Introduction
ART AND CULTURE
Caf.s and Literature
Buskers, Beggars and Mimes
Jean-Luc Godard and La Nouvelle Vague
Art Nouveau
The [...] and Its Phantom
No Direction Home
Art in the Air
Hot or Not?
Surrealism
Death and Resurrection
The 1962 Malraux Law
Eiffel and His Monument
Belgian Blocks and Haussmann Cobbles
FOOD AND DRINK
Snails
The Ortolan
The Art of French Pastry
The Rise of Le Cocktail
Bread and History
Who Invented Chocolate?
The Yearly Race
Waiters and Waiting
HISTORY
The History of Bastille Day
Duelling and Duellists
The 1871 Commune
Domestic Labour and La Femme de [...]
The 1924 Olympics
Raymond and Isadora Duncan
The Teller or the Tale?
The German Occupation
1968 and Its Evenements
Brits and Royals in Paris
IN THE SHADOWS
Opium
The Pissoir and Dames Pipis
The Secret Citizens
Crime in Post-War Paris
Some Murderers
The Girl in the Champagne Bath
Exploring Paris After Dark
WAYS OF LIFE
Parisians and Their Pools
The French and Funerals
The Fight for Metrication
To Tip or Not to Tip?
Going, Going, Gone…
Roland Garros and the Red Game
Learning to Love the [...]
The French and Naturism
The French Game
French vs English
Dogs, and What They Leave Behind
Index
About the author