Georgina Findlay

Riviera Insider • 25th May 2021

2021 Monaco Grand Prix Sets Hearts Racing

Monaco might not be renowned for its race day excitement, but the 78th Grand Prix in the Principality delivered a thrilling spectacle this weekend. Beginning with the last-minute heartbreak of Monegasque home competitor Charles Leclerc who, after securing pole position on Saturday, could not start due to a mechanical fault, Sunday produced a series of surpri

Riviera Insider • 20th April 2021

Master of the Court: Stefanos Tsitsipas Wins 2021 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters

Sunday 18th April 2021 saw the crowning of a new tennis Masters champion: 22-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas, current World No. 5. The young Greek secured his first ATP Masters 1000 title among rows of empty green seats with a 6-3, 6-3 victory against 23-year-old Russian sixth seed Andrey Rublev.

The pair faced one another last month in Rotterdam, with Rublev beating Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6(2). With this weekend’s win in his pocket, Tsitsipas now leads Rublev 4-3 in their ATP head-to-head series, including two clay-court meetings (1-1) in 2020 at Roland Garros and the Hamburg European Open.

Riviera Insider • 23rd April 2021

Nice and La Poste commemorate the 75th anniversary of 'Le Petit Prince'

As fans of children's and world literature will know, Le Petit Prince is a novella written and illustrated with soft, watercolour sketches by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and it is one of the best-selling and most translated books ever published. First appearing in New York in 1943, Saint-Exupéry's story was published posthumously in France by Éditions

Riviera Insider • 28th April 2021

'Libres et égales': Portraits Celebrate Women on Promenade des Anglais

The new 28-portrait exhibition, unveiled on International Women's Day, is a collaboration between French photographer Sylvia Galmot and the City of Nice.

Walking along the Promenade des Anglais, you can’t miss the new display of black-and-white portraits of women affixed to the walls of the pergola opposite the Palais de la Mediterranée. The exhibition is the joint work of Sylvia Galmot, photographer and feminist, and the City of Nice.

Riviera Insider • 23rd April 2021

HRH Prince Philip and the Côte D'Azur

HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, passed away on 9 April 2021, aged 99. We take a look back at his extraordinary life and his visits to the French Riviera.

As the male consort to the Queen of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, Prince Philip remained faithfully by his wife's side for over sixty years of her reign. Throughout his life, from boyhood through his progression to young Navy Officer and finally to acting consort, he retained the unique, unconventional quirkiness of character for which he is remembered today, along with his love for the sea and environment.

Riviera Insider • 12th May 2021

Get Your Creative Juices Flowing with 'Art and Wine'!

The 23rd edition of the 'Art et Vin' festival in Provence will showcase wine and artistic works from June to October 2021!

Two of France's finest exports - wine and art - will be brought together for the 23rd 'Art et Vin' festival throughout the summer months in Provence. Run by the PACA-CORSE Federation of Independent Winegrowers, this year's event will satisfy a limited number of palates in a more intimate setting.

Riviera Insider • 4th May 2021

Netflix's 'Emily in Paris' filming in Côte d'Azur

The bubbly Netflix rom-com has come to the Côte d'Azur to film part of its second series... Starring residents of Villefranche-sur-Mer and Grasse!

This week, from 3-7 May, the cast and directors of Netflix hit Emily in Paris are filming part of the show's second series in the breezy communes of Villefranche-sur-Mer and Grasse, along with more than a hundred extras from the two towns.

Cherwell • 10th July 2021

Taming the lions: What Southgate's emotionally intelligent leadership can teach a divided nation

“Southgate you’re the one, you still turn me on, football’s coming home again.”

Chills. There’s something about the rolling cadence and easy harmonies of Atomic Kitten’s official Euro 2020 anthem, a fan-inspired version of their 2001 hit ‘Whole Again’, that encapsulates the calm, concordant and comforting leadership style of England manager Gareth Southgate throughout a tournament fraught with politics. From gestural activism to nationalistic bigotry and xenophobia, in the face of it all, South

Cherwell • 13th May 2020

Why we should view the #foxeyes trend with narrowed eyes

Bella Hadid. Kendall Jenner. Two of the most renowned names, and faces, in the fashion world. Despite their natural beauty, both supermodels are alleged to have undergone surgical blepharoplasty or lift procedures to raise the outer corners of their eyes, stretch the skin up towards their temples, and narrow their gaze to fashion a kind of slanted squint. This trend, referred to on Instagram and TikTok as #foxeyes, has inspired thousands of makeup fans to recreate the look by shaving off half th

St Hilda's College Oxford • 22nd May 2020

Doing Oxford from my Bedroom

It’s Saturday afternoon. I open up my laptop and a Word document, selecting my words with painful fastidiousness as I attempt to articulate my thoughts. I should have just returned to the library after a hearty Hall brunch, all set to churn out a few hundred words for my essay before the evening’s bop. But instead, I sit in my childhood bedroom in south Manchester, having just come off a Zoom call with my relatives, to begin writing this blog post about my experience of doing Trinity Term from home.