July 14th, 2009 | by Prakhar Amba | published in Comment, Features
Prakhar Amba is an accomplished photographer and regular contributor to the Grenoble Life Gallery, including these magical ones of Fête de la musique 2009 in Grenoble. The pictures suggested a story, and Grenoble Life invited Prakhar to tell his …
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 30th, 2009 | by James Dalrymple | published in Features, Interviews
Originally from the UK, Alison Dupré works at the Crédit Agricole Sud Rhone Alpes bank in Grenoble where she has set up the new “Bilingual Service”. James Dalrymple has a few questions.
June 22nd, 2009 | by Alison Dupre | published in Features, Info & Advice
Alison Dupré, Bilingual Account Manager for Crédit Agricole Sud Rhone Alpes, talks about the obstacles facing ex-pats and non-residents using banks in France, and the progress made in the services now offered by French banking
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 31st, 2009 | by James Dalrymple | published in Features, Interviews
James Dalrymple interviews Vivian Draper, presenter of Radio Campus Grenoble’s English Talk Radio
May 14th, 2009 | by James Dalrymple | published in Comment, Features, Info & Advice
James Dalrymple explains how he went about getting a carte d’identité for his five week old daughter, and how he learnt to let sleeping babies lie
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 25th, 2009 | by Amanda Stone | published in Features, Life & Culture
Amanda Stone, President of Open House, explains the different activities arranged by Grenoble’s premier English-speaking cultural association.
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.