Matthew Fraser

The glorious revival of Paris’s English bookshop

23 May 2026 3:30 pm

Stepping into Smith & Son bookshop across from the Tuileries, my first instinct is to look for signs of change.…

What happened to Provence?

19 April 2026 3:30 pm

The best time to visit Provence, I always advise when asked, is in the spring before the scorching heat and…

The intertwined lives and deaths of Jean Genet and Simone de Beauvoir

14 April 2026 9:55 pm

A strange literary coincidence occurred in Paris exactly 40 years ago, on 14 April, 1986. In the small hours of…