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This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France

February 10, 2021By Heidi EllisonWhat's New Potpourri
Architect Clément Lesnoff-Rocard’s "Island" house in Paris’s La Défense quarter. Photo: Simone Bossi
Architect Clément Lesnoff-Rocard’s “Island” house in Paris’s La Défense quarter. Photo: Simone Bossi

An island in Paris
Contemporary architecture
for an inward-looking apartment that cuts out the hustle-bustle of the city. (Dezeen)

Help for starving students
A restaurant in Paris is offering students with financial problems a full meal for only one euro. (Euronews)

French television
A paean to two popular French TV series: the comedy Call My Agent and the spy drama The Bureau. (The New Yorker)

Scientific prowess
French research centers are making progress in the fight against cancer with immunotherapy and potential vaccines. (France 24)

The French company Schneider Electric has been named the world’s most sustainable corporation. (The Guardian)

Law-breaking lunchers…
are now a thing of the past: it is now legal for French workers to eat at their desks. (The Local)

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