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Journal

The Grapevine is our Substack, where the BPS team writes about what’s happening in Paris right now, from pop culture and upcoming exhibitions to politics and more. Expect longer reads from people who live in the city day to day.

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Featured

From our lives, to your feed. Here’s what we’ve been experiencing lately.

Cover of the Black Paris Social Paris Fashion Week Guide ’26: a model in a draped pale-blue dress against a dark teal backdrop, with the title in large letters at the lower right.

Guide

Paris Fashion Week, Black Paris style

We’ve compiled a list of what shows are happening and where to be to watch! Along with some after parties and workshops you’re not going to want to miss.

Two photographs stacked: a person resting their cheek on their hand behind a café counter, dried flowers in the foreground and a framed menu on the wall; below, a hand holding a large tub of hair-care product in front of shelves of similar products.

Spotlight

Black Business Spotlight

A recurring look at Black-owned businesses in the city, and the people running them. This edition: Le Pazari.

Black-and-white photograph in a dark room: a hand holds an open paper fan above a crowd, and a person in a fluffy white jacket looks on at the right.

Conversation

A Queer Conversation for Global Black Pride

Highlighting the culture that makes Paris what it is. We spoke with Preto Novo & NY collective Dick Appointment about what it means to create a space for us here and abroad.

Two people posing side by side on a picnic blanket in a park, one winking and holding up a finger, with another person sitting behind them.

Episode

We Out Here, Episode 2

The second episode of the series. More of what is happening, and who is making it happen.

People practising yoga on mats on a sunlit lawn in a park, arms outstretched in a standing pose, with trees behind them.

Field note

Yoga in the park

Taking the practice outside, in the Paris parks, with whoever turns up. Bring a mat, or bring nothing and borrow one.

People sitting along a stone riverside quay at sunset, a bridge and an orange sky behind them, one of them raising a water bottle in the air.

Field note

Holidays Events

What The Cookout actually is: a table long enough that you end up talking to somebody you did not arrive with.