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Architect, teacher, photographer, mother, wife and friend. Mother of a Crohn's sufferer, and avid believer in free access to public health for all. Ps: Still cross about Brexit 🇪🇺🇨🇭🇫🇷🇬🇧🇸🇪🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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"This striking architectural ensemble consists of two adjoining houses designed by architect Jacques-Émile Lecaron: the Maison d’Acier, built in 1974, and the Maison Derrière le Miroir, renovated and connected to its neighbor in 2003."

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Just Outside Paris, a Wild Home Wrapped in Mirrors Seeks €2.6M
Designed by Jacques-Émile Lecaron, the surrealist playground is packed with flowing forms and vibrant color.
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September 20, 2026 at 9:42 AM
'Donc, les risques sont réels, mais c’est pour ces raisons claires et connues que la Ville de Paris a mis en place des espaces précis, et que la qualité de l’eau sera passée au crible.'

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Baignade autorisée dans le canal St Martin : quels sont les risques ?
La canicule est de retour à Paris. La baignade est autorisée dans le canal Saint-Martin : mais alors, quels sont les risques ?
www.pariszigzag.fr
June 21, 2026 at 8:06 AM
La Caverne du Pont Neuf early morning
26/05/2026: before the fabric tore during a hail storm.

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June 9, 2026 at 6:43 AM
"That has meant both chronic under-research into conditions that disproportionately affect women (such as breast cancer), and the application to women of treatments tested only on men." 🤯🤯🤯

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If we are to counter medical misogyny, women can no longer be treated as unreliable witnesses of their own experience | Alison Downham Moore
The history of gynaecology fuses innovation, authority and violation – and radical surgery is not the unavoidable answer to suffering
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June 7, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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'The next few yrs will be decisive. If the MAP vaccine moves successfully into large-scale trials & if the diagnostic test continues to confirm MAP’s presence, [...] Instead of managing flare-ups with heavy medication, patients might one day receive a simple vaccine.'
How King's researchers could be on the brink of a cure for Crohn's disease | King's College London
This week (1-7 December) marks Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week. Around 200,000 people in the UK live with Crohn’s disease, a chronic gut condition that brings diarrhoea, abdominal pain and debilita...
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April 26, 2026 at 7:13 AM
End the ban! Demand a pet service on Eurostar!
Every other service allows pets on their trains, why not @eurostarnews.bsky.social ?

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End the ban! Demand a pet service on Eurostar!
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November 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
"Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes." April 14, 2025

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Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
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June 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Outside our front door. The night felt loooong! #techno #fetedelamusique
June 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
“Inverse vaccine” shows promise to reverse autoimmune diseases without shutting down rest of the immune system

This could help people with very debilitating diseases like Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, celiacs, diabetes. Imagine!

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“Inverse vaccine” shows promise to reverse autoimmune diseases without shutting down rest of the immune system
A new type of vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) has shown in the lab setting that it can completely reverse autoimmune dise...
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May 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
‘Inverse vaccines’: the promise of a ‘holy grail’ treatment for autoimmune diseases.
What a game changer this would be for so many!
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
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May 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I often vary my route to work to get different perspectives of Paris. Last week I went through the Palais Royal. Early morning the place is virtually empty. The sun was streaming between the columns creating an endless perspective of striped shadows.
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April 23, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I finally made it into Notre Dame Cathedral, and was not disappointed!
More photos here on my instagram account => www.instagram.com/p/DHQSfaToSS...
March 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I took this photo on my cycle to work. As I crossed the L'Allée André-Breton in between La Bourse de Commerce and Châtelet - Les Halles I noticed an enormous puddle. I took a small detour to see if there was a photo opportunity, and there was!
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February 1, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Stunning architectural drawings at the Saga des Grands Magasins exhibition at La Cité d’Architecture museum
January 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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January 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
January 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Paris peeps:
'Où déposer son sapin après Noël ?'
(Where to put your Xmas tree after Christmas?)
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Où déposer son sapin après Noël ?
Tous les ans, après les fêtes de fin d'année, offrez une seconde vie à votre sapin en le déposant dans un des points de collecte mis en place par la Ville. Il y est broyé et utilisé pour protéger les ...
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January 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Streets paved with gold ... and red.
Photos 1 & 2: Rue Pierre Fontaine
Photo 3: Rue Montmartre
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January 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Taking photos keeps me grounded. According to my Instagram followers, here are my 'top-nine' photos from 2024.
January 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
SO much coughing from all sides on this Eurostar train 😷
January 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Finally made the move to BlueSky!
Slowly going through my early followers/following on Twitter and feeling nostalgic for the early Tweetdeck days, or as our son used to say, 'Twat Deck'.
Bonne Année & Happy New Year!
January 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM