5 things I learnt teaching English in Grenoble

August 27th, 2010  |  by James Dalrymple  |  published in Features

Grenoble Life editor James Dalrymple shares five pearls of wisdom gleaned from teaching English to professionals in the city.

Grenoble Life meets The Cake Shop’s Paul Waters

July 21st, 2010  |  by James Dalrymple  |  published in Features, Interviews

Grenoble Life meets Paul Waters, The Cake Shop’s young British pâtissier, to ask him about leaving the UK to make British and American style cakes in France.

Interview: Judith Bouvard, Dean of Grenoble Graduate School of Business

July 8th, 2010  |  by James Dalrymple  |  published in Features, Interviews, Work

Grenoble Life talks to Judith Bouvard, Dean of Grenoble Graduate School of Business, about her background, the changing business and training environment in France, and why students should consider coming to Grenoble.

Shut up shops – Grenoble on a Sunday

June 29th, 2010  |  by James Dalrymple  |  published in Comment, Features

Grenoble Life editor James Dalrymple shares a few photos and reflections on the Grenoble’s defaced shop fronts and the transformation of the city on a Sunday.

Introducing … Garvin

June 4th, 2010  |  by James Dalrymple  |  published in Features, Interviews, Life & Culture

Grenoble Life talks to Garvin, Grenoble’s premier Franco-Welsh-Scots rock band, about their musical background and development as a band; and streams two of their songs especially for you!

English Talk Radio meets ABC Anglais at Les Petits Bilingues

May 27th, 2010  |  by James Dalrymple  |  published in Features, Interviews

The May 21 English Talk Radio show features Helen McEwan of ABC Anglais, and took place at Les Petits Bilingues, Grenoble.

Babel in the heart of Grenoble

May 25th, 2010  |  by Claire Bryars  |  published in Features, Info & Advice, Interviews

Claire Bryars is President of Babel, a language and cultural exchange association in the centre of Grenoble. She tells us about the organisation, its activities and its history.

Reassurance on life insurance in France

May 18th, 2010  |  by Felicity Lodge  |  published in Features, Info & Advice, Life & Culture

Felicity Lodge is a Grenoble-based financial planner with The Spectrum IFA Group, offering independent financial planning advice for expatriates in the Alps region. Here is her guide to life insurance in France.

Starting your own business in France

May 11th, 2010  |  by Patrick Owen  |  published in Comment, Features, Info & Advice, Work

Patrick Owen shares his experience starting an English teaching business, becoming an Auto-entrepreneur and dealing with France’s particular administrative complexity and love of acronyms.

French education: more IS better … for a while

May 7th, 2010  |  by Iain Smears  |  published in Comment, Features

In response to criticism of the education system on Grenoble Life and from the Anglophone community in France, Iain Smears mounts a passionate defence of French schooling.

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