Paul Byrnes

Paul Byrnes was director of the Sydney Film Festival from 1989 to 1998. He has been a film critic for The Sydney Morning Herald for 20 years. In 2007, he was awarded the Geraldine Pascall prize for critical writing, the highest award in the Australian media for critics in any genre.

There are some things the travel brochures never tell you about France.

The 10 things you should never do in France

France is a nation of many wonders – but some of them will leave you wondering whether the Gallic way of life is what you thought it was.

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