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french bistros and cafes in sharp decline

Times are hard for Le Fontenoy, the only surviving cafe in this village in north-central France which once had three, as well as a butcher's, a boulangerie, a grocer's and a restaurant. Now, as changing habits and new laws alter the residents' relationship with an erstwhile local fixture, its future is looking bleak. It is a bistro with no kitchen, a former tabac with no cigarettes, and Letouzey's coffers are as empty as his bottle of pastis. read more

Paul Virilio

Paul Virilio
Born in 1932. Lives in La Rochelle.

Emeritus Professor at the Ecole Speciale d'Architecture in Paris, and chairman and director of the same institution from 1968 to 1998, Paul Virilio became editor of the Espace Critique collection at Editions Galilée in 1973 after the publication of his first philosophical essays.