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August 2021 Broadcast: Martina Nicolls




MARTINA NICOLLS - NEWS AND UPDATES FOR AUGUST 2021

Hello all, I am writing from France where my adventures in Wonderland continue.

... "The further off from England the 

nearer is to France__

Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but 

come and join the dance."

(Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland")

From 1 August, the French government will impose the "pass sanitaire" - the health pass - which can be shown on paper or by smartphone via the French app TousAntiCovid. It's a QR code that has your double-jab vaccination status. It takes one minute to get the free app and upload the QR code from the document you are given when vaccinated. Some museums introduced the health pass regulations from 21 July. When I showed a security officer my health status, via smartphone, to enter the Zoo, I was also asked for proof of identity. What! No-one mentioned that! But, of course, I had proof of who I was - my annual Zoo pass! That was sufficient said the security officer (although I did have my passport). Two days ago, I showed my vax status, ID, proof of booking time, and annual pass. Today, I was only required to show my annual pass. But whatever August brings, I'm ready. 

In the land of Liberté, égalité, fraternité - Liberty, equality, and fraternity - the national motto of France - the French march on in protest at the idea of the health pass. The French have no problem with Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), the French microbiologist who discovered the principles of vaccination - he also disproved spontaneous generation - but for the French, it's the principle that matters. 

August in Paris means musical events, food and culture, watching the Tokyo Olympics, lots of sales, the return of some international tourists, the Eiffel Tower open again, and resting at the "Paris Plages" - Paris Beaches.

Regards, Martina


LIONS AND UNICORNS

Lion statue near The Louvre, Paris.


READ BLOG: Confession of the Lioness by Mia Couto: book review

READ BLOG: The Lion's Ear Plant


PHOTOGRAPH AND MERCHANDISE: Masai Lion, Kenya, 2017


MY WEBSITE: SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

Website: Similar but Different in the Animal Kingdom.

READ BLOG: Short-Nosed Unicornfish


PHOTOGRAPH AND MERCHANDISE: Unicornfish


MORE PHOTOGRAPHS AND MERCHANDISE


NEW WEBSITE: A FLOWER EXPECTED EVERYWHERE

In May 202, I launched a new website called A FLOWER EXPECTED EVERYWHERE. View the website HERE.


PARIS BLOGS ON MY WEBSITE: THE PARIS RESIDENCES OF JAMES JOYCE 
The blogs on my website The Paris Residences of James Joyce are under the category Opal Hush, connecting the past to the present, and discovering people and places in Paris. Opal Hush is mentioned in James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses. It's a drink - a quarter of a glass of claret topped with lemonade from a soda siphon. Opals are my favourite gemstone, and hush ... well, it's just a whisper!

OPAL HUSH


A SIGN OF THE TIMES

"Paris Plages" - Paris Beaches, 30 July2021


Paris Beaches, 2021


READ BLOG: Paris Bourse de Commerce Art Museum - Pinault Collection


THE PARIS RESIDENCES OF JAMES JOYCE 

My latest book, The Paris Residences of James Joyce, was released on 1 May 2020. In March 2021, the book was a finalist in the 2021 Book Excellence Awards in the Biography category.

READ MORE ABOUT THE BOOK: THE PARIS RESIDENCES OF JAMES JOYCE

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MARTINA NICOLLS is an international aid and development consultant, and the author  of: The Paris Residences of James Joyce  (2020), Similar But Different in the Animal Kingdom (2017), The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).


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