The Citroën DS – Automotive Art
March 12, 2009 by Martin Smith
Filed under Art, Design, Featured
Memory is inherently unreliable, especially mine, but I’m reasonably certain that I saw my first Citroën DS in 1975, the year this remarkable design classic went out of production. Remarkable because the DS had barely changed from it’s unveiling at the 1955 Paris Motor Show; it still looked futuristic 20 years on, a fitting tribute to [...]
Françoiz Breut
February 6, 2009 by Martin Smith
Filed under Film, Music
I’m in a decidedly Gallic mood again today – would be rude not to share it with you. Françoiz Breut is the stage name of Françoise Breut, whose enchanting, moody pop encapsulates all that I have to come to love about France. If you are not already a Francophile, and “si tu disais” fails to [...]