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Basse-Normandie

French flock to Deauville for U.S. films

Fall Festival Preview: Despite star power, smaller fare celebrated -- A fashionable resort for well over a century, and a preferred destination for the international jet set, Deauville was regarded as "the Cannes of the...

Deauville lines up eclectic competition

Fall Festival Preview: History shows prescient picks -- These days, no self-respecting film festival can hope to be taken seriously without a competition. In this respect, Deauville was initially slow to catch on, only...

BRITISH TEAM CHASE MORNY PRIZE

A strong British contingent will be attempting to prevent Freddie Head from claiming a clean sweep of the Group One races at Deauville this summer in the Prix Morny on Sunday. The former jockey has enjoyed an fantastic...

Gosden launches two-pronged Oaks attack

John Gosden is hoping his two contenders can give a good account of themselves in the rearranged Darley Yorkshire Oaks at Newmarket tomorrow. The trainer is represented by Ribblesdale Stakes heroine Michita, as well as Dar Re...

RUSH FACES DEAUVILLE TEST

Mad Rush will step up to Pattern-race company for the first time in Sunday's Darley Prix Kergorlay at Deauville. Luca Cumani's four-year-old had been the ante-post favourite for the Ebor at York before the meeting was abandoned...

Deauville gets an angle on Burnett

Web Exclusive: Fest will screen nine-film selection -- U.S. filmmaker Charles Burnett will be the first subject of Wide Angle, a new sidebar at next month's 34th Deauville American Film Festival, created to highlight an...

Report from Bordeaux

Just got back from a holiday in Bordeaux in south west France. A beautiful city, but a highlight was watching Bordeaux v Caen in their first league game of the season. Bordeaux's ground is the Chabon Delmas just 20 minutes walk...

Impressions of Monet's beach

Trouville romance ... Monet painted the town's beach scenes and boardwalk while on his honeymoon there. Claude Monet's The Beach At Trouville was painted at the once hyper-fashionable Normandy resort, and grains of sand are...

Bushranger aimed at Deauville event

David Wachman is eyeing a trip to France for Bushranger following his fine effort in defeat at the Curragh last month. An impressive winner of the Group Three Anglesey Stakes on his penultimate start, the juvenile was stepped...

Saint John Eudes, Founder Congregation of Jesus and Mary

OUR HISTORYSAINT JOHN EUDESJohn Eudes was born in 1601, in the village of Ri, in Normandy, France. After completing his studies at the Jesuit College in Caen, he entered the Congregation of the Oratory of France, founded in...

               

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