Natasha Edwards – The Mail & Guardian

/ 19 July 2006

St Tropez visitors soak up art in the sun

Fifty years ago St Tropez was confirmed as a rich man — and woman’s — playground when a bikini-clad Brigitte Bardot frolicked on the beach in <i>And God Created Woman</i>. Now the racy southern Mediterranean resort is hoping to persuade tourists to mix a little culture with their cocktails.

By Natasha Edwards

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/ 22 November 2005

Wanted: Livable public housing in France

As France ponders why its still-smoldering suburbs erupted into three weeks of sustained rioting, one culprit singled out for blame is the soulless, high-rise concrete jungles ringing the country’s major cities. Add last summer’s fatal fires in rundown Paris tenements, and suddenly affordable, livable public housing is a front-burner issue.

By Natasha Edwards