From Poussin to Property

TUESDAY 15 November : French Speaking - 9-11pm (FREE)
Friendly atmosphere as ever... Generally at the back of the lounge, but feel free to ask at the bar!
@ The World, Thistle Street


WEDNESDAY 16 November : The Watson Gordon Lectures - 6.00-7.00pm (FREE)
Professor T. J. Clark, University of California at Berkeley talks on Poussin's Sacrament of Marriage
@ Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, Weston Link. Tel: 0131 624 6560.


WEDNESDAY 16 November : De Battre mon coeur s'est arrêté - Various times (£5.80)
Superb remake of 1978 thriller 'Fingers' - One of the best French films of the year, according to The List. LAST CHANCE TO CATCH IT!
Not to missed, if you've not caught it before during the Edinburgh Film Festival
@Cineworld Edinburgh , Fountainpark. 0871 200 2000
>> More information here
NB : You can also watch it at the Filmhouse if you prefer a more central location!

WEDNESDAY 16 November : FRENCH LANGUAGE MEET UP - 8.00pm (FREE)
Come and practise your French with other French speakers, meet new people, etc....
@ The Traverse Theatre Bar, Cambridge Street
>> More information here
NB: I am going to go along - have been meaning to for months: maybe see ya there? ;-)



THURSDAY 17 November : BUYING PROPERTY IN FRANCE + BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU 2005 - 6.00pm (£35, £20 for members)
Meeting organised by the Franco-Scottish Business Club : to know everything there is to know about buying property in France and trying out the Beaujolais Nouveau!
@ C.A. House, 21 Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh.
NB: Bookings may be made by email to secretary@franco-scottishbc.co.uk up until 5p.m. on Tuesday 15 November, and the event fee (members: £20, non-members: £35) may be paid on arrival at C.A. House (by cash or cheque payable to the Franco-Scottish Business Club.)
More contact details : Chris McNeil, General Secretary, Franco-Scottish Business Club, Tel/Fax: 0131 467 6680


FRIDAY 18 November : The Night of Truth (La Nuit de la Vérité)- Various times (£5.80)
Set in a fictional African country racked by a decade-long genocidal conflict, the film deals with the attempts at reconciliation between two military groups, the controlling Nayaks and the rebel army of Bonandés, during one night of truth. But despite the guilt, grief, hatred and desire for vengeance felt by survivors on both sides, there are also sincere attempts to look into the future.
@ The Filmhouse, Lothian Road

NB:

• In French, Moore and Djoula with English subtitles.
  
• On until 21/11/2005.

>> More information here

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Still on:

• Nelson's exhibition
• The Philosopher's Garden (until 20 November)
  

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Things to look forward to in the next few weeks:

• 21-24 November: Mini French Film Festival : More info here
• 28 November: Mackintosh in France
• 29 November: Elizabeth Cowling, Reader in History of Art at the University of Edinburgh explores Roland Penrose's friendship with Picasso during the 1930s and the works he collected as a result.
• 7 December: Paul O'Keeffe, writer and art historian, will talk about Abbott's portrait of Nelson.
  
  
  
  

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