Fiachra Gibbons
Editor of culture, food and fashion at AFP.
Paris throws off mask to party like the virus never was
Social distancing and face masks were largely forgotten as thousands of French people danced and partied well into Monday in the first big blow out since the coronavirus lockdown
SA’s Wolfgat restaurant crowned best in world
Wolfgat, whose mostly female staff have no formal training, opened just two years ago in a 130-year-old cottage and cave on the beach at Paternoster
France to tighten online bullying laws after media ‘boys’ club’ scandal
Two government ministers said new rules will be tabled before the end of June to force YouTube and social media platforms to pull hateful posts.
Outcry as Japanese winemakers are threatened with deportation from France
More than 42 000 people have already signed a petition protesting the 'crazy, moronic and shameful decision'
YouTube shooting shows how fake news spirals on social media
Within minutes of the shooting at YouTube offices in California, social media was awash with conspiracy theories
‘Feminist’ Deneuve apologises to sex assault victims
As an actress since she was 17, Deneuve admitted that during her career she had been "a witness to indelicate situations" between men and women.
A bit weird, but you won’t lose your lynch
Silencio, David Lynch's new Paris nightclub-cum-salon-cum-laboratory of the weird, is certainly an unusual place to spend an evening.
The Booker Prize and the ‘Beryl Question’
Beryl Bainbridge, the eternal Booker prize bridesmaid, was last week snubbed for a sixth time when her novel failed at the penultimate hurdle for Britain's greatest literary prize, writes Fiachra Gibbons.
Alexander’s new battlefield
Rivers of blood have been spilt - figuratively at least - in a propaganda battle between Greek and Macedonian nationalists over who has the right to claim the all-conquering hero Alexander the Great as their own, writes Fiachra Gibbons in London.
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