Desparate UK residents, abroad in Europe race to return home from France, to beat Saturday the 15th of August's 4am Covid quarantine deadline, set by the British Government less than two days before. Travelers arriving later, from France, the Netherlands and Malta, will need to self isolate in quarantine on their return to the UK for 14 days, affecting their preparations for school, work and other activities.

Portrait of Catherine Robbe-Grillet in the salon of her Paris apartment, wearing lace black gloves and showing a whip used in BDSM. A photograph shot thirty years ago by Bettina Rheims hangs on the wall behind..Catherine Robbe-Grillet, born in 1930 (nee Rstakian) is a french writer, former photographer, theatre and film actress who is well known for her writings and practice of BDSM or Bondage, Discipline, Sadism, Masochism. She wrote under the pseudonyms of Jean de Berg and Jeanne de Berg. She was renowned for her organisation of BDSM sessions for interested parties in high Parisian society, where she took on different roles. She had a very free and open loving relationship with her husband Alain Robbe-Grillet whom she married in 1957 (he died in 2008) with whom they recounted their adventures to each other...Her publications include L'image par Jean de Berg. Paris: Éditions de Minuit, 1956, Cérémonies de Femmes by Jeanne de Berg. Paris: Éditions Grasset 1985, Entretien avec Jeanne de Berg by Catherine Robbe-Grillet. Paris: Éditions les Impressions Nouvelles 2002, Jeune mariée: journal, 1957-1962 by Catherine Robbe-Grillet. Paris: Fayard 2004, Le Petit carnet perdu par Jeanne de Berg. Paris: Fayard 2007.

Portraits Jean-Barthelemy Bokassa, a passionate disciple of Napoleon Bonaparte, a Dandy and Parisian socialite. Ambassador Maison Haute Couture Christophe Lebo. Born 1974 Bangui Central Africa. Jean Barthélémy Bokassa son of Jean-Bruno Dédéavode and Martine Bokassa 1, grandson of the Emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa and his first wife Madame Hue Thi Ba, his grandmother. Jean-Bedel Bokassa known as Bokassa I of Central Africa, Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa, a military officer, head of state of the Central African Republic and its successor state, the Central African Empire, from his coup d'état on 1 January 1966 until 20 September 1979 Jean-Barthélémy Bokassa né le 30 août 1974 à Bangui (capitale de la Centrafrique). Il est le fils de Jean-Bruno Dédéavode et de Martine Bokassa 1 et le premier petit-fils de Jean-Bedel Bokassa, président de la République centrafricaine (1965-1977), puis empereur (1977-1979). Vit en France depuis 1980. Auteur plusieurs essais et roman.

Watching the wedding celebrations nearby a cardboard cut-out of Prince William and Catherine in the pub decor..Many nationalities, especially English, Australians and French, coming together at midday in the English traditional style 'Frog and Rosbif' Pub in the centre of Paris, to watch the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in London. At 119 rue Saint Denis, Paris, France

Derry O'Sullivan, is an Irish poet originally from Bantry. A former priest who is now married with three children, he teaches at universities in Paris, France. A new translation of one of his most famous poems wins Stephen Spender Prize 2012. Dr Kaarina Hollo of Sheffield university won the Open Award in the Times/Stephen Spender prize for poetry in translation - for giving fresh life to a famous poem: O'Sullivan's Marbhghin 1943: Glaoch ar Liombo, is an elegy on his stillborn brother by the 68-year-old poet/

Tunisian refugees during an evening gathering, waiting for food from Islamic support groups...Tunisians economic refugees, squatting the Parks on the city's peripherique. Mostly young men, who have been in Paris for 2-3 months, they around 20-35 years old who each had paid 2000 dinars/1000EUR for a trip by boat from Tunisia to Italy, then made their way across the French Italian border and eventually arrived in Paris. They have no jobs, no papers, the are continuall harrassed by the police and authorities. The are fed by Islamic support groups, most living rough. Most have some family or friends in France. Some entertain the idea to smuggle themselves to Britain. Porte de la Villette, Paris, France 2011

Mohamed Belaïd an ex-chauffer for the partie Socialiste in France. During the elections in April, he accuses one of Francois Hollande's minders of threatening him with abuse and violence, adding mud in the campaign trail to the PS Socialist Party in the run up to the first round of the French Elections. ..Mohamed Belaïd, pictured with hsi own car, a similiar size to the one he drove for the Socialist Party, Saint-Denis, Paris Suburbs, France, April 13th 2012.

Fontenay sous Bois outside Paris; a Paris suburb which has a history of violence against women. The Banlieu suburb is on the east of Paris near the Bois des Vincennes woods. Two women now in their twenties said that as teenagers they had endured months of almost daily gang-rapes by scores of men in Fontenay-sous-Bois. Ten French men have been acquitted and four have received short sentences over the gang-rape of teenage girls. The case was seen as the tip of the iceberg of a wider problem of gang-rapes by youths on poor estates. Many women don't feel safe in these places. Paris suburbs, Banlieu, Ile de France, France

Marie de Tilly in her apartment, Rue Chaillot, Paris..Marie de Tilly gives lessons on French Etiquette. She lives in a bijou Hausman apartment in central Paris, not far from the Champs Elysées. She has trained people with these skills for several years; working across the Paris area and even takes her work worldwide, giving classes to a range of people. She is especially popular in Russia and the ex-Soviet countries such as Kasakhstan. Her skills are sought after by individuals, families and businessmen wishing to aspire to enter French High Society. Her students, whether they are Russian or French, want to learn the necessary airs and graces to blend seemlessly into Parisian haute societé. Paris, France