February 3rd, 2010 | by Sara Maltaverne | published in Features, Info & Advice, Work
Sara Maltaverne, founder of SFM Traduction, a Grenoble-based translations and copywriting company. She shares with Grenoble Life her knowledge and advice about the translations business in the area.
December 4th, 2009 | by James Dalrymple | published in Features, Info & Advice, Interviews, Work
Kate Daligault is a financial advisor at Banque Rhône-Alpes in Grenoble. She talks to Grenoble Life about the banking culture in France, getting financial advice in English, and what new residents need in order to open an account.
November 11th, 2009 | by Helen McEwan | published in Comment, Features, Info & Advice
abc anglais is a brand new English speaking playgroup in Grenoble for the youngest of children and their parents no matter where you are from. It’s run by me, Helen McEwan, a UK qualified Speech and Language Therapist and experienced English language teacher.
July 22nd, 2009 | by James Dalrymple | published in Features, Interviews, Work
Martine Grzelack runs The Montessori International School of Grenoble, opening September 2009. Grenoble Life wanted to know more about the new centre, the background of the staff and the famous Montessori method.
July 20th, 2009 | by James Dalrymple | published in Features, Interviews, Work
Benjamin Penin swapped sunny Manchester for downtown Grenoble in 2002 to pursue his dreams of living in the Alps and becoming a freelance translator. Grenoble Life wanted to find out more …
July 16th, 2009 | by James Dalrymple | published in Features, Interviews, Work
Shaké Manoukian is manager of Les Petits Bilingues in Grenoble, an English language learning centre for children. Grenoble Life wanted to find out more about her background, the school, the methodology and their new centre opening in September.
July 7th, 2009 | by James Dalrymple | published in Features, Interviews
Dr. Stephen William Rowe is a well-known industrial scientist and a Fellow of the renowned IET in the UK. He is English and at 57, has been living in France for more than 25 years. He is also an accomplished musician and songwriter and has a particularly rich past. Grenoble Life wanted to find out more …
June 10th, 2009 | by James Dalrymple | published in Comment, Features
Whenever James Dalrymple, a resident of Grenoble, speaks French to people, they reply in English. He reflects upon the reasons why.
May 5th, 2009 | by Reia Farrall | published in Comment, Features
Reia Farrall and Zoe Atkinson, co-founders of Communication Café, talk about the school system in Grenoble and its provisions for bicultural Children, and why they decided to set up an organisation of their own.
April 15th, 2009 | by James Dalrymple | published in Comment, Features
New father James Dalrymple ponders his daughter’s future growing up bilingual in Grenoble, and his own place in a bilingual household.