Geoff worked for 30 years as a lecturer in French Studies in higher education, and his French Links list is well known as an excellent gateway to information about contemporary France and things French. It has been available to the academic community and beyond since 1997 and currently contains over 700 different links. It lists many sites in France and elsewhere, mainly official sites and academic sites, rather than personal ones. Click on topics on the left.

For Site of the Week: click on Canal Académie: L'Espace Apprendre (avec le CAVILAM de Vichy), "propose de développer vos connaissances de la langue et de la culture françaises. Chaque fiche propose des extraits d'émissions de Canal Académie, accompagnés d'un parcours pédagogique. "
Previous sites of the week

Geoff in Paris, 2009

Geoff has published widely on French sport, radio and television, including:

Football in France. A Cultural History (Oxford: Berg, 2003) (orders via Berg Publishers or through amazon.com).

The Tour de France, 1903-2003, published in 2003, a multi-authored book for the centenary, jointly edited with Hugh Dauncey.

France and the 1998 World Cup: the national impact of a world sporting event, eds H Dauncey & G Hare (London: Cass, 1999, 232p.)
Click for Geoff's 1998 World Cup photos

Geoff recently edited a book of poems by his old friend Barry Gooch: click for details .