Frédéric Moreau

I wrote about new heritage protection for postwar Brussels architecture and the career of the man who wanted his apartment buildings to be works of art. www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/235...

On current evidence there just aren't that many pro-Europeans in the UK. Or if there are, now might be a good time for them to speak. There's a lot of people who like arguing about minutiae of terms and conditions, but I think that's a different category of folk.

Intriguing from the Telegraph.

Stella Creasy, regarded as a euro-enthusiast, says applying "the full rules of the European Union" means "there are going to be a series of trade-offs". The instinctive thought patterns and vocabulary in the UK are unchanged.

Bruges is one of the most tourist-oriented cities in the world, according to a study published by One Street Back.

Nightlife in boulevard Charlemagne, 1922. Decades before Berlaymont, before Résidence Palace even. Strong Overlook Hotel vibe. No idea where this might have been.

I thought I could smell the Thames at low tide and then discovered the source of the odour.

Oxford Street pedestrianized, exactly 53 years after Carnaby Street. Good times.

Still going on. Twenty minutes uninterrupted coverage so far. Robert Jenrick is currently talking about sex chat bots.

Feels like we've been here before again and again but Ireland won't let us have Schengen is new to me.

Rue Guimard taking shape. The flagship new greened street for the EU quarter n Brussels. Three lines of traffic, of which two stationary.

Is this the honest conversation or has it not started yet?

The National Theatre on the South Bank was opened OTD 50 years ago. Designed by Denys Lasdun with three separate theatre spaces, the building is constructed of board marked, reinforced concrete. Read more about this uncompromising building here buff.ly/24tsr6m

OMG 😱 All those trees were « unstable »?! I’d really would like to see that analysis @florencefrelinx.bsky.social and I assume a lot of people want the same. www.bruzz.be/actua/biodiv...

Spanish pub, English beer.

Art deco convenience store, Paris 2006.

Cut-price symbolism for Schuman. Each MS could adopt a pot. "A Brussels MP launched a proposal suggesting surrounding it with a ring of 27 trees in pots or large containers, each representing an EU Member State." www.brusselstimes.com/brussels-2/2...

Great news, if you like this kind of thing. And I do.

Reservations are open www.hotelaubecq.be/en/visitshot...

Just another Friday afternoon in Brussels.

Eyes giant tree in garden nervously.

Prepping

The immigration doom loop, summed up here by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If Ostend still had its walls. I got a year of this trash free with my new Pixel. I would rather have had YouTube premium.

1. I think this is very good 2. It is illustrated with an unusual image, even if it is one of the blandest examples of Brussels architecture.

Soleil Noir, an exhibition of Belgian art centred on Léon Spilliaert opens today at the Villa Empain, Brussels. villaempain.com/expo/soleil-...

Strange to recall that in 1968 William Rees-Mogg’s Times led the way in denouncing Powell and sentiments exactly like this. What a disgraceful moral decline

New podcast episode! 🇫🇷 What really happened in France on Saturday? 🇫🇷 Are we in for another 6 months of violent protests? 🇫🇷 Why does this all link to French debt? . . and, on a lighter note, the best 🇫🇷 food festivals (this is my favourite recent episode, goes from violence and looting to lemon art)

Andrew Marr offers a courteous platform to the fossil-fuel CEO without fashionable 'scepticism'. The PM 'chose to back Britain', FF CEO says. 'Wisely, I'm sure' Andy counters, instantly. An inspiration for young reporters.

Merchandise Mart from under the L tracks. Chicago, 2006.

Chicago, 2005.

Granada, Spain 2005.

Paris 2005. Petite Ceinture rail Line, 13th arrondissement.

In 1974, after the demolition of Baltard's C19 covered market, Italian director Marco Ferreri shot a period Western on the site.

Forum des Halles Paris, 2005. I liked it.