June 18th, 2010 | by Prakhar Amba | published in Comment, Features, Life & Culture
Prakhar Amba, Grenoble Life’s very own photographer-flâneur, strolls the stalls of the ‘Brocante des quais du Vieux Grenoble’, June 13. Here are his photos and impressions.
June 14th, 2010 | by James Dalrymple | published in Features, Info & Advice, Interviews
Maighread Gallagher, Secretary of the Celtic Connection in Grenoble, talks about the origins of the association, the events it organises and celebrating St Patrick’s Day in style.
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!
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.
May 13th, 2010 | by James Dalrymple | published in Features, Interviews
The May 7 English Talk Radio show features Anne-Laure Dubois and Marco Andrello of Le Créarc – Centre de Création de Recherche et des Cultures – talking about international theatre in Grenoble.
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.
May 6th, 2010 | by John Lubbock | published in Features, Life & Culture
In the second part of John Lubbock’s brief history of Grenoble he finds himself scratching beneath the surface of the city and discovering a “post-apocalyptic 19th century parallel universe,” among other things.
April 27th, 2010 | by James Dalrymple | published in Features, Interviews
The April 25 English Talk Radio show features Garvin: a Franco-Welsh-Scots rock band from Grenoble. After only a little over a year together and they are already finishing the recording of their first album. A mix of English pop-rock, progressive and folk, they play two songs live in the studio for you!
April 22nd, 2010 | by James Dalrymple | published in Features, Info & Advice, Life & Culture
Without wireless in Grenoble? Don’t want to use an internet café or pay to buy a clé USB from SFR or Orange? Read on for sites of reliable and free internet access at various points throughout the city.
April 21st, 2010 | by Suzanne Bonnefond | published in Features, Life & Culture
Resident Grenoble Life photographer Suzanne Bonnefond presents another idea for a short expedition from Grenoble: “I suggest a trip to ‘Indiana Jones land’, just near the city, ‘les Gorges du Furon’ in Sassenage. Visitors are always impressed by the beauty of the place …