14/03/2010 by bakary.

Promoted by the French tourist board, this exhibition was more to do with encouraging people to holiday in France this summer than beautiful shots one may have expected from an exhibition at the National Geographic store.

And so, we had images of families enjoying themselves on the beach. The message loud and clear, go to France for your summer holidays, you’ll have fun!

A few images were, however, of superior quality. Petr Krejci’s evocative image of petanque for example. Or Blaise Perrin’s image taken at a stall.  These looked composed and a bit arty compared to the ‘holiday shots’ which made up the rest of the exhibition. But then again, at a time when people are starting to plan their summer holidays, may be we want to sea images of sea, sun and fun!

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14/03/2010 by bakary.

Came across the march by chance.

And yes, maybe there were only 250 odd people there… but we owe it to Tibet to constantly remind the world what a bully China is.

And fair play to the lady who handed a Free Tibet leaflet to two Chinese men. They looked uncomfortable as they uttered ‘No, no’. Well… that got them thinking!

“Stand up and speak out for Tibet now”. Contact the Tibet Society and the Free Tibet organisation and make your voice heard.

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