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• Invisible Bordeaux Music Podcast: Musical Écran/Richard Berthou

  

  Changes are afoot over on the French-language Invisible Bordeaux podcast which will hitherto be known as... Invisible Bordeaux Music! From now on, the podcast... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2024 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Life and Times of Mort Shuman Recounted in Word and Song: Don’t Miss the...

  

  The Shuman Show, the part conference/part concert introduction to the life and times career of legendary songwriter and performer Mort Shuman, is making a... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2024 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• In the Shade of the City: Leandro Elrich’s Map-shaped Aluminium Canopy Artwork

  

  OK, the time has come to own up, I love maps. So, as you can imagine, I got quite excited when I heard that some new public artwork had been installed on Place... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2024 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• New Invisible Bordeaux Walking Tours Available as Free Downloadable PDFs!

  

  Are you visiting Bordeaux over the coming weeks? Or do you already live here but feel you should really be getting out and about and exploring your hometown? Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2024 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• French-language Podcast #19 - Handisport Go TV Presenter Tanguy Coureau

  

  For this new episode of the Invisible Bordeaux podcast, we meet Tanguy Coureau, presenter of the HandiSport Go TV programme on France 3 NoA, for... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2024 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Welcome to the Bordeaux Rock 1988-1998 Listening Party!

  

  You may remember that a few months ago I sat down and listened to a number of 1970s and 1980s Bordeaux bands as featured on a desirable double-CD compilation... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2024 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• French-language Podcast #18 - Yan Le Cor & Enfant Bordeaux

  

  The Invisible Bordeaux podcast is back after being away for some time! (Hurray!) In this comeback episode, we catch up with Yann Le Cor, better known as Papa... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2024 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Ultimate Invisible Bordeaux Concert! Don’t Miss Slowrush Alongside Luces 364...

  

  There will be plenty of Invisible Bordeaux themes on the agenda when we perform an unplugged set alongside Luces 3641 at the Pierre-Veilletet library in Caudéra... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2023 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• All About the Day King Charles III Visited Bordeaux and the One-off Great...

  

  Friday September 22 2023 was an unusual day in Bordeaux. From the off there was a sense of occasion and with good reason: Bordeaux was hosting King Charles III... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2023 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Wartime Bordeaux Meets the City in 2023

  

  Not long ago at the remarkable Emmaüs charity outlet in Parempuyre, I picked up a couple of out-of-print books by the historian Pierre Décamps (1912-2004):... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2023 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Inside La Maison Saint Louis Beaulieu

  

  We are in the Saint-Genès district of Bordeaux, not far from the boulevards, visiting the unusual complex that is la Maison Saint Louis Beaulieu, the diocesan... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2023 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Étang De Cousseau Nature Reserve: Towers, Telescopes and One of La Gironde's...

  

  Imagine my surprise when I was out on my bike somewhere between Lacanau and Carcans-Maubuisson, on a stretch of cycle path which is among the prettiest there... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2023 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Join Slowrush on Their Mission to the Centre of the Northern Hemisphere (i.e....

  

  The small village of Puynormand - and its unusual claim to being the centre of the northern hemisphere - has twice featured on the Invisible Bordeaux blog. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2023 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Hanging Gardens for All: Introducing the Green Walls of Bordeaux

  

  Every so often the hustle and bustle of central Bordeaux can get just a little bit overpowering, wouldn’t you say? When that happens there can surely be... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2023 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Introducing the (very Unusual) Public Bookcases of Eysines

  

  I’m no longer sure how this occurred, but I somehow came across a 2019 social media post announcing the installation of some new and highly unusual public... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2023 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Ten Unusual Sights to See in Bordeaux… at Least, According to ChatGPT!

  

  OK, everyone else is doing it, so why shouldn’t Invisible Bordeaux? As I’m a bit short on time these days (but the blog will hopefully be back sometime soon wit... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2023 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Late Gilles Bertin, the Reformed Punk Rocker/bank Robber Who Spent 30 Years...

  

  During the recent Musical Écran festival organised by the Bordeaux Rock association (coincidentally also part of the most recent Invisible Bordeaux blog item),... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Operation Frankton 80th Anniversary Events and Conferences in Bordeaux

  

  Throughout November and December 2022, a host of commemorations and events will be held to mark the 80th anniversary of Operation Frankton, which ranks as one o... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Welcome to the Bordeaux Rock 1977-1987 Listening Party!

  

  Back in the late 1970s/1980s, the rock music scene in Bordeaux was renowned throughout France as being particularly active and dynamic. Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• On the Trail of 'Les Fugitifs' in Bordeaux

  

  Among France’s box office hits of the 1980s, Les Fugitifs is one of the most fondly-remembered by cinema-goers, and still gets regular screenings on... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL