Feting the Year-End, à la Française

...plus, vintage shopping in Paris, a review of this year's Cannes winner, & tracing Ernest Hemingway's travels

Place Vendome, dressed to the nines in 2023. Image by Rachel Naismith/All rights reserved

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There’s a faint yet heady aroma of orange, cinnamon, cardamom and clove hovering in my house: the remnants of yet another batch of mulled wine we whipped up yesterday evening. We're about to head off on another long trip to see family in North Amer…