http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/3026 <!--paging_filter--><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49503198273@N01/4601782349/" title="Faure's Grave by Duchenj, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1238/4601782349_7b0edc3d33_o.jpg" alt="Faure's Grave" width="221" height="166" /></a></p><p>I've just been in Paris for two days with the team from Radio 3's Composer of the Week series, recording five programmes about my best beloved Gabriel Faur<span>é</span><span>. Yesterday, happily, was his birthday - indeed, his 165th - and we toasted him in some very fine <em>soupe </em></span><!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --><span><em>à l'oignon</em>, which is the best way to keep warm in temperatures that resembled November rather than mid May. I love Paris in the springtime, but this wasn't it. <p><a href="/node/3026"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/3026#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 08:43:51 +0000 Jessica Duchen 3026 at http://standpointmag.co.uk