Liam Kirwin is one of the most important figures in Lyon nightlife – he runs the James Joyce Irish Pub in Vieux Lyon. I met him to talk about the soul of Irish Pubs and French drinking habits: https://thisislyon.fr/stories/irish-pubs-james-joyce-lyon-france/
New article: “Why students occupy Lyon universities”
Lyon is experiencing a particular situation: Students are occupying the University, protesting against a new law regulating the access to Public Higher Education. In this article I explain the details: https://thisislyon.fr/news/students-occupy-lyon-university/
New article: “Lyon Bière Festival: The astonishing diversity of artisanal beer”
Lyon hosts one of the biggest and most interesting craft beer fairs in Europe, which took place last weekend in Lyon Confluence. For Thisislyon.fr I went to discover what it was all about. Read about it here: https://thisislyon.fr/stories/479998/
New article: “Lyon is a beer city”
La Canute Lyonnaise is a small craft beer company from Lyon and one of the most successful in the area. For an article for This is Lyon, I had the luck of visiting them and getting to know about their beers and their business. Read all about La Canute Lyonnaise: https://thisislyon.fr/stories/discover-canute-lyonnaise-beer-lyon/
New Article: “Five things I do not like about Lyon”
My colleague Hilary from Thisislyon.fr recently wrote an article about the things she loves about Lyon – which gave me the idea to write about the other side of the truth: Things in Lyon that could use some improvement. Spoiler alert: public transport is pretty high on the list!
Click here for the article: https://thisislyon.fr/stories/things-improved-lyon/