by Ruth Crossman “I don’t know how things work in America, but I’m sorry, you’re not going to find a single bank in London open on a Saturday.” I was standing in front of the Willesden Green Tube Station with all of my earthly possessions in a pile in front of me, on the phone…

by Ruth Crossman The first round in the French presidential election is less than a week away, and the top contenders are still running hard. The neo-Gaullist Interior Minister Sarkozy enjoys a commanding lead in the polls, but the fate of Socialist Ségolène Royal is less certain; she has spent the last several months trailing…