Agnes C. Poirier
@agnescpoirier.bsky.social
Journalist, writer & broadcaster.
📚LEFT BANK, Arts, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950 (Bloomsbury)
📚NOTRE-DAME, The Soul of France (OneWorld)
✍️ 🎤 📺 UK and French politics, Arts and History
📚LEFT BANK, Arts, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950 (Bloomsbury)
📚NOTRE-DAME, The Soul of France (OneWorld)
✍️ 🎤 📺 UK and French politics, Arts and History
What joy to walk past Franco-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal walking in the streets of Paris’s Latin Quarter, free at last.
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
What joy to walk past Franco-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal walking in the streets of Paris’s Latin Quarter, free at last.
I didn’t see it coming.
« Diary of a prisoner »…
Nicolas #Sarkozy’s three weeks in prison soon in a bookshop near you…
« Diary of a prisoner »…
Nicolas #Sarkozy’s three weeks in prison soon in a bookshop near you…
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I didn’t see it coming.
« Diary of a prisoner »…
Nicolas #Sarkozy’s three weeks in prison soon in a bookshop near you…
« Diary of a prisoner »…
Nicolas #Sarkozy’s three weeks in prison soon in a bookshop near you…
Interlude.
La couleur du café.
La couleur du café.
November 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Interlude.
La couleur du café.
La couleur du café.
Understanding Jacques-Louis #David at last thanks to beautiful and enlightening exhibition at @museelouvre.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Understanding Jacques-Louis #David at last thanks to beautiful and enlightening exhibition at @museelouvre.bsky.social
Forgot to post this here yesterday. All the bells in Paris ringing in unison in memory of the victims of the #Paris attacks ten years ago.
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Forgot to post this here yesterday. All the bells in Paris ringing in unison in memory of the victims of the #Paris attacks ten years ago.
In memoriam. #ParisAttacks #13Novembre2015
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
In memoriam. #ParisAttacks #13Novembre2015
France is commemorating today the 10th anniversary of the Paris attacks of November 2015. Here is how it enfolded hour by hour👇
(via @LeParisien_75 )
(via @LeParisien_75 )
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
France is commemorating today the 10th anniversary of the Paris attacks of November 2015. Here is how it enfolded hour by hour👇
(via @LeParisien_75 )
(via @LeParisien_75 )
On a year of secret negotiations to free the great novelist Boualem Sansal : in @LEXPRESS tomorrow.
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
On a year of secret negotiations to free the great novelist Boualem Sansal : in @LEXPRESS tomorrow.
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Only 51% of French people want new elections today (they were 66% a fortnight ago). Sébastien Lecornu is doing well, or not that badly. #France
October 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Only 51% of French people want new elections today (they were 66% a fortnight ago). Sébastien Lecornu is doing well, or not that badly. #France
October 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This man will sleep in prison from next Tuesday (21 October)
October 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This man will sleep in prison from next Tuesday (21 October)
October 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
October 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Today, Robert Badinter, the architect of the abolition of death penalty in France, and a great conscience, is entering the #Panthéon where he will be resting next to Condorcet, the French Enlightenment philosopher.
October 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Today, Robert Badinter, the architect of the abolition of death penalty in France, and a great conscience, is entering the #Panthéon where he will be resting next to Condorcet, the French Enlightenment philosopher.
French politicians and political commentators dissolve—if not into ridicule, then at least into panic. Former prime ministers unashamedly attempt to kill the father, Macron (as if they stood a chance in the next elections). 1/2
October 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
French politicians and political commentators dissolve—if not into ridicule, then at least into panic. Former prime ministers unashamedly attempt to kill the father, Macron (as if they stood a chance in the next elections). 1/2
« Oh I have just seen a French Prime Minister! »
« Make a wish. »
@xavier-gorce.bsky.social in fine form.
« Make a wish. »
@xavier-gorce.bsky.social in fine form.
October 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
« Oh I have just seen a French Prime Minister! »
« Make a wish. »
@xavier-gorce.bsky.social in fine form.
« Make a wish. »
@xavier-gorce.bsky.social in fine form.
French PM Lecornu has just explained his resignation: political parties all behave as if they have a majority in parliament; their intransigence and egotism is making it impossible. #France
October 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
French PM Lecornu has just explained his resignation: political parties all behave as if they have a majority in parliament; their intransigence and egotism is making it impossible. #France
Bloody hell. The French PM has just resigned!
October 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Bloody hell. The French PM has just resigned!
Superb visit of #NotreDame towers at sunset. Don’t miss it if you come to #Paris!
September 29, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Superb visit of #NotreDame towers at sunset. Don’t miss it if you come to #Paris!
Oh Claudia.
RIP Claudia Cardinale
RIP Claudia Cardinale
September 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Oh Claudia.
RIP Claudia Cardinale
RIP Claudia Cardinale
RIP Robert Redford
September 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
RIP Robert Redford