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Gainsbourg

Out on 30th July

Sfar's film takes the audience through the various phases of Gainsbourg's career: the childhood in Nazi-occupied Paris; the musical awakening in the 50s; the love-affairs with Brigitte Bardot and Birkin. Then later comes the fame, the outrageous behaviour, the drunkenness - and finally death by heart-attack in 1991 at the age of 62. Today Gainsbourg's grave in Montparnassse cemetery is the most-visited in France, and his house on the Left Bank is still covered with adulatory graffiti.

Burqa Ban Goes through Parliament in France

After months of deliberation, consultation and speculation the French Assembly has finally voted yesterday to ban the burka in France.

14th July at the French Ambassador's Residence

The French Ambassador

The strict diet the French Government is being forced to go on has not yet reached London. The Garden Party organised at the French Ambassador’s Residence for Bastille Day took place as planned.

The Playground Presents O' When The French With Kavinsky, Kap Bambino (Kitsune) and Is Tropical, at Koko

14th August

Yet another fantastic night of music planned at Koko Club.

2 x Pairs of tickets to be won

Close Examination: Fakes, Mistakes and Discoverie, National Gallery

Until 12th September

The exhibition will showcase some of the most intriguing stories behind paintings in the Gallery, as it explores the ways in which advances in scholarship and technology can reveal the misconceptions of the past.

Camille Silvy: Photographer Of Modern Life, at the National Portrait Gallery

Until 24th October 2010

Camille Silvy was a pioneer of early photography and one of the greatest French photographers of the nineteenth century. This exhibition includes many remarkable images which have not been exhibited since the 1860s.

Win one of 3 pairs of tickets with an exhibition catalogue

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