Patrick lives and works in Brussels, Belgium, his day job dedicated to protecting the environment, his spare time to writing fiction, poetry and art reviews. He grew up in Germany, Australia, Japan and England, and studied Physics and Philosophy in the UK, French language and civilization in France and Mexican literature of the 20th century in Mexico. His short stories have appeared in Coffin Bell, Night Picnic Press, Beyond Words, The Brussels Review, and in 101 Words. His poetry collection, Urban Enigmas, will come out as a chapbook in 2025, produced by Dipity Press.
Anyone who has been to the Baie de Somme in Picardie, France, will remember the astonishing sunsets, different every night. They will also remember the tidal […]
International relations between France and Azerbaijan have taken a turn for the worse. On 4 September, France released a formal travel advice telling all its citizens […]
The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations, located in Marseille, also known as Mucem, is currently hosting an exhibition about naturism entitled ‘Naturist paradises’. The exhibition, […]
This year’s Olympic Games, hosted by Paris, have been haunted by controversies. From preparations starting last year to clean up the Seine for the swimming competitions […]
Building and delivering the world’s second largest cruise liner has added €1 billion to the French economy, official data shows. The Royal Caribbean ship, named the […]
Early morning on Friday, ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris, coordinated attacks took place on France’s rail network, severely disrupting traffic and […]
With the Paris Olympics set to start on 26 July 2024, Parisians and other tourists are making their feelings about the international event clear, by staying […]
France’s River Garonne has a new bridge in the southwestern port city of Bordeaux. Designed by Dutch architects OMA, the project aimed to create not just […]
Located in the Rhône Delta, the Camargue wetland in France is a remarkable natural area, unlike anywhere else in France and maybe the entire world. The region […]
Anne Hidalgo, long-time Mayor of Paris, France, has used actions, not words, to prove that the city’s River Seine is ready for Olympic swimmers, by putting […]
Olympic-averse tourists are costing Delta Air Lines $100 million, the carrier’s CEO has said, due to delaying their Paris travel dates until after summer 2024’s Olympic […]
Airport staff at Paris’ airports have called off a strike scheduled for today, after a deal was reached with the Aéroports de Paris (ADP) operator during […]
After having spent a good three months without its blades, the famous red Moulin Rouge windmill in Paris has been made whole again. The landmark has […]