Alannah Moore 11/6/26 Alannah Moore 11/6/26

When Miles Davis Met Juliette Gréco

A new film revisits Miles Davis and Juliette Gréco’s Paris romance—a brief affair in 1949 that became a lifelong attachment.

Alannah Moore 11/5/26 Alannah Moore 11/5/26

The Mohicans of Place Maubert

Who would imagine, walking along the Boulevard Saint Germain and through Place Maubert today, that this genteel corner of the Latin Quarter once had such a reputation? The place and its neighbouring streets were known for drinking dens and a criminal underworld.

Alannah Moore 11/4/26 Alannah Moore 11/4/26

Rediscovering Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun in the Sentier

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was Marie Antoinette’s favourite painter—and the artist behind a portrait that scandalised Paris. Her fame followed her through twelve years of exile, as she painted her way around Europe. Part of her Paris home still survives in the Sentier.

Alannah Moore 10/31/26 Alannah Moore 10/31/26

Miles, Juliette and My Local Bar

For one night on 28 October, 1940s Saint-Germain-des-Prés came to rue Maître-Albert, my street in the 5th arrondissement.

Alannah Moore 10/28/26 Alannah Moore 10/28/26

The Edges of Paris: A History of the City’s Walls

In medieval times, Paris was a walled city, but did you know that it remained essentially so until the 1920s?

Alannah Moore 10/23/26 Alannah Moore 10/23/26

Zamor: From Court “Plaything” to Revolutionary

An enslaved child brought to Versailles, Zamor grew up in Madame du Barry’s household and later testified against her during the Revolution. Generations of writers condemned him as an ungrateful betrayer. Discovering that he had lived and died in my street made me question that verdict.

Alannah Moore 10/16/26 Alannah Moore 10/16/26

A Shoe Shine and a Place in History

A shoe shiner and his customer became two of the first people ever photographed. Almost two centuries later, Paris has marked their spot—but their identities remain a mystery.