Susanna Schrobsdorff
Culture
An ode to the chaotic euphoria of algorithm-free shopping at Paris’s grand flea market
In the seven hectares of the inconvenient but irreverent Marché aux Puces, you can still shop like it’s 1957.
Culture
The tote-bag economy is taking over retail
In Paris and beyond, retailers’ branded bags have become must-have items. Once an afterthought, they now risk eclipsing the wares that their purveyors are principally known for.
Society
What Parisians hate (almost) more than anything
It is rarely mentioned in guidebooks but dominates everyday life. It ruins appliances, dulls hair and inspires an entire economy of defensive measures. An expat learns why Paris takes certain domestic threats seriously.
