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Find your nearest French Week stockist at www.trouverlapresse.com Press release August 2010 A first for France: a weekly in English France's first English-language weekly came out on Friday July 30th 2010 and is on sale every Friday. It is for all those who still love the feel of a real newspaper and want to keep abreast of French affairs, news and culture. French Week is independently owned so its main journalists can offer robust and unfettered views of French affairs. Editor Miranda Neame has lived and worked in France since her late teens, spending the past 15 years in publishing. News editor Robert Harneis is a seasoned observer of French and European affairs; he has published a biography of Ségolène Royal and translated Nicholas Sarkozy's best-seller 'Témoignage' into English. French Week's 50 or so bilingual correspondents, all well-implanted around France, will be delving into the country's politics, administration, arts and lifestyle. The aims: to help French and English speakers understand each other; to get to the nitty-gritty of readers' concerns and to whet the curiosity of all residents and lovers of France. July 31 2010 French Week had a wonderful launch party under the arcades of the market square, thanks in large part to our mairie's sterling help with the organisation. The British Consul Alastair Roberts drove down here from Bordeaux with his wife Maryse to support us. Our mayor made a very poignant speech, comparing us to how Britain had helped de Gaulle save France, because the news clip had played three times on FR3. Many old friends and as many new ones, some press and some of our families came bearing good wishes, flowers or bottles. The church bell struck noon deafeningly for several minutes just as our publisher was launching into his speech which effectively took the wind out of his sails. About fifty of us stayed to lunch at the café next door. The most sensational visitor was Ben Lenthall's 1925 Alvis, pictured, which he drove here from the Quercy Blanc.

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