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• The Art of Design – NetJets Magazine, April 2023

Partners Luis Laplace and Christophe Comoy have become the premier architects of the art world thanks to their keen eyes and willingness to truly listen to what clients want

• Parisian Walkways: Île de la Cité – France Today, October/November 2022

Jeffrey T Iverson takes a stroll through history on Île de la Cité and discovers the very foundations of Paris, alongside some artisans who are keeping the skills of the past alive

• Craft Chronicles – Centurion, Autumn 2022

For centuries, the fabled Parisian enclave of Faubourg Saint-Antoine has counted as a major epicentre for the art of cabinetmaking, a tradition which is still flourishing today.

• Parisian Walkways: Le Sentier – France Today, August/September 2022

Jeffrey T Iverson visits Le Sentier, Paris’s historic garment district, a neighbourhood which has been all too often neglected but which is finally enjoying its share of the limelight.

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Saint Jacques – France Today, June/July 2022

Jeffrey T Iverson visits the oldest street in Paris, whose multi-layered history dates back to the Romans, and discovers a new generation who are taking inspiration from the past

• Parisian Walkways: Rue des Vinaigriers – France Today, April/May 2022

This once-neglected neighbourhood is now a hip quartier, peopled by artisans from such diverse worlds as Japanese flower arranging to leatherwork to piñatas, as Jeffrey T Iverson discovers

• Parisian Walkways: Rue de Richelieu – France Today, February/March 2022

It all began with Cardinal Richelieu, was hijacked by Molière and is now part of Little Tokyo. Jeffrey T Iverson finds out why Rue de Richelieu is beloved of people the world over…

• Castle in the Sky – Oeil de Palmer, January 2022

Too big, too mysterious for a simple hunting lodge, the castle designed by Francis I reaches towards the heavens with all its towers, domes and double-helix staircase. Now, art historians are deciphering the spiritual and political messages engraved throughout this jewel of the Renaissance.

• Parisian Walkways: Rue du Faubourg Montmartre  – France Today, December 2021/January 2022

From Belle époque beauties to bonbons, Jeffrey T Iverson finds Rue du Faubourg- Montmartre hits the sweet spot with its heady mix of history and gastronomy

• Parisian Walkways: The Bouquinistes of Paris – France Today, June/July 2021

Jeffrey T Iverson browses through Paris’s famous outdoor bookstalls to meet the ‘brave merchants of wit’ who have lined the banks of the Seine for hundreds of years

• Parisian Walkways: Passage Verdeau – France Today, April/May 2021

Jeffrey T Iverson takes a stroll among the flâneurs in Passage Verdeau in the ninth arrondissement to discover a world of art and antiquities evocative of the Paris of Émile Zola

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Oberkampf – France Today, February/March 2021

Considered a case study for gentrification, this gourmet street in Paris’s 11th arrondissement is putting customers at the top of the menu. Jeffrey T Iverson samples the atmosphere…

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Paul Bert – France Today, October/November 2020

From the epicentre of the Revolution to a centre for epicurean revolution, this lively Parisian street has just one thing on the menu: quality. Jeffrey T Iverson stops by for a taste…

• Parisian Walkways: Rue de la Villette – France Today, April/May 2020

This Parisian thoroughfare is being gentrified, but the change is towards craftsmanship rather than commercialism. Jeffrey T Iverson enters the ‘gateway to Bobo-Village’

• Parisian Walkways: Rue du Bac – France Today, February/March 2020

Towards the top of this famous 7th arrondissement street, near its metro station, a new culinary corner has been forming. Jeffrey T Iverson heads for what they are calling Beaupassage…

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Saint-Blaise, A Village in Eastern Paris – France Today, December 2019/January 2020

Just half an hour from the heart of touristic Paris you can be in a historic neighbourhood that still maintains its village feel. Jeffrey T Iverson gets on a bus to Charonne…

• Parisian Walkways: Village Jourdain in Belleville – France Today, October/ November 2019

This small community in the 19th and 20th arrondissements remains a little different from the rest of Paris. Jeffrey T Iverson meets a new generation of artisans and entrepreneurs…

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Charlot – France Today, August/September 2019

As much of the Marais succumbs to the onslaught of international chains and brands, Jeffrey T Iverson meets the entrepreneurs of one street that is defying the trend…

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Dauphine – France Today, April/May 2019

After the Pont Neuf runs onto the Left Bank, a characterful street continues its course into Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Jeffrey T Iverson meets the people who work there…

• Parisian Walkways: rue Sainte-Anne – France Today, February/March 2019

Just west of the Palais Royal, stretching northwards from the 1st arrondissement into the 2nd, Jeffrey T Iverson discovers a street where globalisation has a positively benign face…

• Red is the Colour of Improvisation – Oeil de Palmer Magazine, 2019

Neuroscientist, surgeon and musician, Charles Limb has unveiled the circuits of creativity in the brain, thanks to magnetic resonance imaging. A fascinating story of blood flows in the prefrontal lobes…

• Parisian Walkways: Passage Choiseul – France Today, December 2018/January 2019

An arcade that was built by a bank as an investment venture is now home to a number of innovative entrepreneurs. Jeffrey T Iverson discovers the longest covered passage in Paris…

• Driven to Success – NetJets Magazine, Vol. 6, Winter 2018

Oussama Kaddoura’s remarkable journey, choosing his passion for cars over his family’s flourishing company, has brought him to the top of the French automobile world. Jeffrey T Iverson sat down with the Lebanese executive.

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Sainte-Marthe – France Today, October/November 2018

Along the main thoroughfare of a 19th-century working-class development Jeffrey T Iverson discovers a quiet corner of the 10th that is attracting a new breed of entrepreneur…

• Parisian Walkways: Cour du Commerce-Saint-André – France Today, August/September 2018

This oasis of calm off the boulevard Saint-Germain hasn’t always been so refined and urbane. Jeffrey T Iverson discovers the dark past of a truly historic Parisian passageway…

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Saint Paul – France Today Magazine, April 2018

While the Marais continues to develop and its ever-rising rents become increasingly unaffordable, Jeffrey T Iverson slips onto a street where independents still thrive.

• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Poet  – Oeil de Palmer Magazine, 2018

The Second World War left its traces behind, including at Château Palmer, whose walls carry the Gothic-lettered graffiti of a German soldier. In that era, communicating in secret tongues was a matter of life and death – as we learn from the life of the late Leo Marks, Britain’s deeply imaginative grand master of cryptography.

• Parisian Walkways: Passage Jouffroy – France Today Magazine, February 2018

It is, and always has been, one of the most popular covered arcades in the French capital. Jeffrey T Iverson meets the people who give the Passage Jouffroy its unique air.

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Poncelet – France Today Magazine, December 2017

Hidden away in western Paris, rue Poncelet is home to one of the capital’s finest open-air markets. Jeffrey T Iverson met its merchants and sampled its delights

• Parisian Walkways: Le Viaduc des Arts – France Today Magazine, August 2017

Jeffrey T Iverson meets the artists and artisans behind the rebirth of the Viaduc des Arts in Paris’ 12th arrondissement

• The Clarins Conviction – NetJets Magazine, Spring 2017

Prioritising plants has been a winning formula for French beauty firm Clarins. Jeffrey T Iverson reports on the company’s “before-it-was-cool” sustainable philosophy

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Vieille du Temple – France Today Magazine, June 2017

The rue Vieille du Temple is an ancient street in the Marais. Jeffrey T Iverson meets some of the local business owners intent on preserving its unique atmosphere.

• Monticello, a Garden Upon a Hill – L’Oeil de Palmer Magazine, 2017

Father of the Declaration of Independence and enlightened President, Thomas Jefferson was also a formidable gardener. He collected seeds and plants from across the Earth, cultivated a vineyard, and made of his garden a veritable laboratory of the future.

• Parisian Walkways: Faubourg Saint-Antoine – France Today Magazine, April 2017

The historic heart of French cabinetmaking, Faubourg Saint-Antoine was also a hotbed of revolution. Jeffrey T Iverson uncovers a living history in its hidden passages

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Cler – France Today Magazine, February 2017

Of all the street markets in Paris, perhaps none has exercised such a fascination over the international press corps as Rue Cler, writes Jeffrey T Iverson

• Great Destinations: Alsace – France Today Magazine, December 2016

It’s a part of France that is quite unlike any other (not least because it hasn’t always been a part of France). Much of the culture is distinctly German, and the influence of the Swiss is here too. Jeffrey T Iverson believes that however well you think you know France, until you’ve come to know Alsace, you ain’t seen nothing yet

• Parisian Walkways: Galerie Véro-Dodat – France Today Magazine, December 2016

One of a dying breed of covered passages, this gallery of shops might have lost some its popularity, but none of its old-world charm, says Jeffrey T Iverson

• Parisian Walkways: Forgotten Montmartre – France Today Magazine, October 2016

Once the haunt of supremely influential artists, Montmartre somehow manages to retain its Belle Époque allure. Jeffrey T Iverson goes in search of its secrets…

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Montorgueil – France Today Magazine, August 2016

Famed especially for its pâtisserie, the Rue Montorgueil is a magnet for food lovers. Jeffrey T Iverson uncovers its long and proud gastronomic history

• A Taste Trek in Burgundy – France Today Magazine, June 2016

If there is one way to really understand this wine-making region, it is on two wheels and two feet, writes Jeffrey T Iverson

• Jean-Luc Choplin: From Mickey Mouse to Modern Musicals – France Today Magazine, April 2016

Meet the man who dared to take the Théâtre du Châtelet back to its roots

• Parisian Walkways: Passage du Grand-Cerf – France Today Magazine, February 2016

Perhaps the last bastion of French artisanat in the centre of Paris, and positively thriving once more…

• Terroir Whisperers – Centurion Magazine, Winter 2015

What does terroir really mean? One French couple set out to find the answer and in the process revolutionised modern viticulture.

• Parisian Walkways: Rue de Lévis – France Today Magazine, December 2015

Between chic Parc Monceau & ‘bobo’ Batignolles lies a tenaciously independent market street…

• Parisian Walkways: South of Pigalle – France Today Magazine, October 2015

The 19^th-century area known as Nouvelle Athènes is enjoying a cultural, culinary & artistic renaissance…

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Daguerre – France Today Magazine, August 2015

A lively market street where l’art de vivre is a way of life, and the delicacies for sale feed both mind and body…

• Great Destinations: The Molène Archipelago – France Today, June/July 2015

To the limit of l’Hexagone: Jeffrey T Iverson visits the unspoilt islands just off Finistère in Western Brittany.

• A Work of Genius: Château de Chambord – France Today, April/May 2015

In France’s Valley of the Kings, a multi-million euro restoration is breathing new life into the Renaissance palace of Francis I, the Builder King

• Parisian Walkways: Île Saint Louis – France Today, April/May 2015

An “island at the heart of the city,” boasting a seductive mix of history, culture, cuisine and tranquillity… welcome to Île Saint Louis.

• Parisian Walkways: Le Marché d’Aligre – France Today, February/March 2015

The Mairie may officially call it Le Marché Beauvau, but this neighbourhood has kept its own historic identity.

• What’s Old is New Again – Centurion Magazine, Winter 2014

A belle époque landmark has been restored to its former grandeur – reborn as a shining 21st-century exemplar of art and architecture

• A Majestic Return – Departures Magazine, Winter 2014

After a six-year face-lift, the 200-key Peninsula Paris reopens as one of the city’s grands hôtels.

• Quartier Collaborative – Centurion Magazine, Winter 2014

Attracted by a gastronomically inspired entrepreneur, an ensemble of leading designers and top restauranteurs is coming together to reshape Paris’s northern Marais, as Jeffrey T Iverson discovered

• Parisian Walkways: Canal Saint Martin – France Today, Autumn 2014

Its time as an area of fluvial commerce may be over but this Parisian neighbourhood couldn’t be more enticing

• Wonders of Wood – Centurion Magazine, Summer 2014

Indubitably opulent and unsurpassed in splendour, carved wood panels are back in vogue, thanks to Guillaume Féau. We meet the man known as the king of his craft – boiserie.

• The Art of Wine – Only Magazine, Summer 2014

At Château La Coste, culture and viticulture meet as renowned artists and vintners thrive at this Provençal estate born of a simple conviction: Vinum Sculptura Est – wine is a sculpture.

• Parisian Walkways: Canal Saint Martin – France Today, June 2014

A walk through an historic quartier that’s become one of the hippest neighborhoods in Paris yet somehow retained an authenticity and ambiance entirely its own

• Patronage at the Palace – France Today, April 2014

Charting America’s ‘special connection’ with Versailles – from Rockefeller to Google

• Parisian Walkways: Passage des Panoramas – France Today, January 2014.

A gastronomic revolution in this pioneering arcade, dating to 1799, has once again made it an avant-garde destination

• Father Paolo Dall’Oglio and Syria’s Disappearing Priests Syria Deeply July 10, 2013

As priests become targets in the Syrian war, we spoke with Father Paolo Dall’Oglio, a well-known figure among Syrian Christians.

• Sailing Season and More: What to See, Eat and Do in Marseille – TIME Magazine, June 13, 2013

Here are a few reasons to visit an ancient city in the throes of transformation.

• Invader: The Man Behind Those Streetwise Mosaics – France Today, March 2013

Jeffrey T Iverson sits down with one of France’s most elusive, and most prolific street artists, a man known only as Invader.

• The New Louvre Brings Hope to an Ailing Region – TIME Magazine, Dec. 21, 2012

In 2003, Daniel Percheron, the president of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France’s remote northernmost region, opened his morning newspaper to learn that the Louvre Museum in Paris was looking for a place to site a provincial branch…

• Rencontre: Robert Carsen – France Today, December 2012

A world famous opera director is making bridges between stagecraft and fine art

• The Louvre Goes Digital – France Today September 2012

New Nintendo visitor guides and interactive technology are transforming the Louvre

• Un-Stuffy Museum: The Louvre Goes High-Tech with Video-Console Guides – TIME Magazine, May 29, 2012

One of Europe’s most venerable museums is charging headfirst into the digital era with video game console guides to replace their old audio guides — a move that could attract a new generation of museum-goers

 • The Mild West: The Beauty of Remotest Brittany – TIME Magazine, Dec 08, 2011

France’s westernmost islands offer tranquil escape

• Paris – TIME’s Summer 60 – TIME Magazine, Jul 14, 2011

Who needs the Côte d’Azur when you’ve got Paris Plages?

• Killing Fields: Africa’s Rhinos Under Threat – TIME Magazine, Jun 13, 2011

By Hannah Beech  (With reporting by Jeffrey T. Iverson / Lyon)

How Asia’s growing appetite for traditional medicine is threatening Africa’s rhinos

 • Sarkozy vs. Strauss-Kahn: Sex as a Weapon? – TIME Magazine, May 19, 2011

By Bruce Crumley  (With reporting by Jeffrey T. Iverson / Paris)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy always saw IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn as a dangerous rival — and both men engaged in not-so-subtle propaganda head games over the years

• IMF Scandal: The Three Wives of Dominique Strauss-Kahn – TIME Magazine, May 18, 2011

By Bruce Crumley  (With reporting by Jeffrey T. Iverson / Paris)

The embattled IMF chief’s current spouse has declared her steadfast support for him. But he has loved and left two other women in his life

 • Bewitching – TIME Magazine, Apr 18, 2011

The dark beauty at the heart of voodoo art

• It’s Personal – TIME Magazine, Mar 28, 2011

Why Agnes Obel’s stark, intensely private music is such hot public property

• Fabulous Paris: The Shangri-La Hotel – TIME Magazine, Feb 03, 2011

Asian hoteliers take on the French

• Will World Heritage Status Be Good for French Food? – TIME Magazine, Nov 19, 2010

French cuisine has earned a spot on UNESCO’s “intangible” cultural-heritage list. While some fear that the recognition makes France look like a gastronomic snob, others hope it will help reignite respect for the nation’s cooking culture

• Paris Finally Gives Les Halles a Face-Lift – TIME Magazine, Oct 19, 2010

As officials begin the controversial redevelopment of a once glorious landmark, residents worry that the City of Lights is losing some of its soul

• The French Art Heist: Who Would Steal Unsaleable Picassos? – TIME Magazine, May 20, 2010

On Wednesday night, someone stole five major works, worth a total of $120 million, from Paris’ Museum of Modern Art. But how did the thief manage to make off with the paintings — and what will he do with them now?

• Paris’ Plan to Kick Cars Off Its Riverbanks – TIME Magazine, Apr 28, 2010

In a controversial move designed to get Parisians off the road, Mayor Bertrand Delanoë has unveiled plans to close parts of the Seine’s banks to traffic and turn them into a pedestrians’ paradise

• Should a Journalist Turn in His Pedophile Sources? – TIME Magazine, Apr 10, 2010

In France, a debate has erupted over whether a journalist acted responsibly or violated the ethics of his profession by turning in suspected pedophiles he met on the Internet

• Darshan : A Fabulous Equine World – TIME Magazine, Jan 20, 2010

Horseplay is the inspiration for a whimsical new show in Paris

• Is France Doing Enough to Save Its Historic Buildings? – TIME Magazine, Oct 29, 2009

Preservationists are outraged by the government’s approval of a Qatari prince’s plans to renovate a 17th century mansion. Is France sacrificing its heritage to turn a profit?

• Golden Gates: Middle Eastern Art – TIME Magazine, Oct 21, 2009

A Paris exhibition showcases exciting new talent

• Born in the Streets — Graffiti – TIME Magazine, Aug 12, 2009

Graffiti’s entrée into the world of mainstream culture is no longer in doubt

• Could a Computer Glitch Have Brought Down Air France 447? – TIME Magazine, Jun 05, 2009

As investigators struggle to understand what caused the Air France Flight 447 crash, questions arise about the reliability of the plane’s flight-control computer

• What Brought Down Air France Flight 447? – TIME Magazine, Jun 01, 2009

An Air France flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris sent an automatic problem report before disappearing

• A Perfect Day in … Paris – TIME Magazine, Apr 02, 2009

Got time in the French capital? Let the locals tell you how to spend it

• Tricky Taps Into the Sound of the Paris Ghetto – TIME Magazine, Feb 11, 2009

For the kids in the poverty-stricken Parisian neighborhood of Flandres, making music with British trip-hop star Tricky could offer a fresh start

• A Night at the Opera with Sting and Elvis – TIME Magazine, Nov 25, 2008

Review: Purists of the genre are aghast at the pretensions of Welcome to the Voice but its pop-stars love the challenge and the innovation

• David Cronenberg Tries Opera – TIME Magazine, Sep 04, 2008

The director brings his signature horror flick The Fly to the Los Angeles Opera

• Uproar Over French Music Video – TIME Magazine, May 19, 2008

The band Justice has a controversial new video that seems to clash with their Parisian hipster image, and is being met with less than unanimous praise

• Culture Club – TIME Magazine, Apr 02, 2008

Four of the best highbrow nights out coming up around the globe

• Patti Smith Artistic Triple Threat – TIME Magazine, Mar 26, 2008

She’s a musician, a poet and she draws and takes photos, too. A new exhibit in France displays the lesser known artistic side of the punk rock priestess.

• In Search of Superman’s Inner Jew – TIME Magazine, Nov 02, 2007

A new exhibit in Paris explores the impact of the Jewish experience on modern comic books and graphic novels. No, the Man of Steel wasn’t Jewish, though his creators were.

• A Seating Problem at McDonald’s – TIME Magazine, Oct 11, 2007

The Danish furniture maker Fritz Hansen is angry with the fast-food giant for using cheap copies of its chairs

• Finding the ‘Un-American’ in Elvis – TIME Magazine, Aug 03, 2007

A provocative French tribute sees the King of rock ‘n’ roll as an icon of rebellion against the conservative, McCarthyite order of his era

• L’Institut Dior: A Fine Romance – Global Adviser – TIME Magazine, Jul 16, 2007

Christian Dior opens a hotel spa at the historic Plaza Athénée

• The Fly: Feel the Buzz – Global Adviser – TIME Magazine, Jul 16, 2007

David Cronenberg’s film The Fly has mutated into a sci-fi musical

• Street Art: Wonder Walls – Global Adviser – TIME Magazine, Jul 16, 2007

Stencil graffiti has moved from the streets of Paris into art books

• Nantes’ Menagerie of Dreams – Global Adviser – TIME Magazine, Jul 16, 2007

Nantes’ docks undergo a revival with the creation of fabulous mechanical creatures

• Culture Club – Global Adviser – TIME Magazine, Jul 16, 2007

Four of the best highbrow nights out coming up around the globe

• When Patti Smith Went to Paris – Global Adviser – TIME Magazine, Jul 16, 2007

A show of her artwork reveals how France still reigns in the heart of singer Patti

Smith

• Change of a Dress – Global Adviser – TIME Magazine, Jul 16, 2007

Sonia Rykiel tore up couture and remade it for the modern girl

• Looking Back, Looking Forward – TIME Magazine, Mar 22, 2007

Jacques Delors reflects on half a century of European integration

• Don’t Read All About It – TIME Magazine, Feb 08, 2007

A French professor helps you talk about books you’ve never read

• Animal Magnetism – TIME Magazine, Dec 16, 2006

Battuta, a new show by the equestrian theater Zingaro, features not only horses but bears, geese and dogs too

• A Queen Forever – TIME Magazine, Oct 23, 2006

The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen! More than 200 years after Marie Antoinette of France was guillotined, she is having a resurrection of sorts. Kirsten Dunst plays the doomed royal in the biopic Marie Antoinette, out this week. But the big screen isn’t the only place you can see signs of Marie mania. …

• How A Film Helped Veterans Win Justice – TIME Magazine, Oct 2, 2006

The French government ends a 47-year freeze on pensions for 80,000 troops from its former colonies on the release of a shaming new movie

• Operation: Kill Kermit – TIME Magazine, Aug 20, 2006

French ecologists go to war with the North American bullfrog

• Snubbing Smokers At Work – TIME Magazine, Aug 13, 2006

A European Commission ruling says that employers can sack workers who light up — even if only out of office hours

• Head Spinning – TIME Magazine, Jun 11, 2006

Decapitated in 1793, France’s last Queen, Marie-Antoinette, seems a surprising muse for the modern nation. But Sofia Coppola’s new biopic of the doomed monarch, now drawing crowds in French cinemas, is only one sign of burgeoning Marie mania.

• A Heady Experience – TIME Magazine, May 09, 2006

The Louvre and the Pompidou Center collaborate in an exhibition devoted to the human head