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The real French embassy is a restaurant

Le Gavroche has done more than diplomacy ever could to justify the ways of France to Britain

22 November 2014

9:00 AM

22 November 2014

9:00 AM

Semper eadem. There is some basement in a Mayfair street that is forever France. It is not far from the American embassy, a strong candidate for the all-time monstrous carbuncle award. Bad enough that it should ever have been built: worse still, some ‘architects’ want to preserve it. Its menacing hideousness has made a significant contribution to the growth of anti-American sentiment in modern Britain.

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