12.03.2010
Columns: Our US correspondent Carola Mamberto with The Riviera Times making ripples stateside. This month: An online Mercatin
There is nothing quite like a Ligurian mercatino, a traditional farmers market. Several times a week, local farmers descend from the hills and diligently set up wooden stands in coastal towns to sell their produce. It's not just the fruits and vegetables, beautifully imperfect, that make these places special. It's also the hands that sell them, belonging to men and women who have been farming locally for generations, who smile with pride when they get to add to your shopping bag their pezzo forte (e.g. a bunch of juicy apricots or the first, tender artichokes of the season).Read more …
09.03.2010
Column: Girl about town: RT's English journalist, Hannah Marshall, charts the highs - and lows - of Riviera living ($)
“That iz it!” the Belgian artist spluttered. “I am no longer going to waste my time on the provincial and the small-minded.” I held the receiver away from my ear a little. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciated his point: he’d overcome the snow and the second-class train travel to appear at his vernissage at MAMAC the week before, only to be rudely set upon by an unruly youth who had taken offence at his tattooed pigs. Read more …
02.03.2010
column: RT editorial for March 2010
How often have you found yourself saying these three seemingly harmless words? The idea of speaking French in France shouldn’t seem alien but somehow, sometimes it does.Read more …
13.02.2010
Column: Girl about town: RT's English journalist, Hannah Marshall, charts the highs - and lows - of Riviera living ($)
For most of Northern Europe a little snow in February is hardly headline news. However, the Riviera is not the rest of Europe and when it’s snowing in February in Nice something’s wrong. I mean this is a part of the world where people come to escape the miserable climate in their own country; they don’t come here to fight against icy winds and snow gales as they stroll along the Promenade des Anglais.Read more …
05.02.2010
Column: Girl about town: RT's English journalist, Hannah Marshall, charts the highs - and lows - of Riviera living ($)
Since adolescence, I’ve been clinging to a distant dream that one day I’m going to be a rock star. I’m not on my own here: nearly everyone I know has a not-so-secret desire to be in a band. However, whilst most other people my age have accepted their lack of musical talent and are satisfied winning a game of Guitar Hero, I have decided that it’s never too late and have recently started learning how to play the bass guitar I got for Christmas… 15 years ago.Read more …
02.02.2010
column: RT editorial for February 2010
The beauty of the Riviera has long attracted visitors to its shore: the brilliant blue sea, the palm tree-lined promenades and the endless sunshine brushes this part of the world with an achingly alluring shimmer.Read more …
01.02.2010
Political Column: by Julian Nundy -The Riviera Times’ political commentator in Paris
What defines French identity? History, culture, republican ideals or the health service? The debate has begun, inspired by Nicolas Sarkozy's decision to create an Integration and National Identity Ministry handling all aspects of immigration. Read more …
28.01.2010
Column: Girl about town: RT's English journalist, Hannah Marshall, charts the highs - and lows - of Riviera living
There’s something about living in this part of the world that encourages me to say that I ski. I find the words slip out; after all everyone here skis over the winter, it’s simply what one does.Read more …
14.01.2010
Column: Girl about town: RT's English journalist, Hannah Marshall, charts the highs - and lows - of Riviera living
Tonight, Thursday night, is quiz night at the Irish pub around the corner from my apartment in Nice. Along with Tuesday tango, Thursday quiz is the only thing in my Riviera life that gives it any sense of routine.Read more …
06.01.2010
column: RT editorial for January 2010
For those of us from colder climates, January is traditionally the worst month of the year: everyone is weary and guilt-ridden after festive excesses; the days are dark and cold. The only thing you can do is hide inside and try to avoid the sales. Read more …
