France

Former French ambassador to London Sylvie Bermann on Brexit’s aftershocks and the battles still to come with Macron and the EU

A miscast Anthony Hopkins sets the tone as Cannes’ opening films disappoint

The French daredevil whose luck ran out in front of two young future Beatles

The former French president takes aim at flippant Boris Johnson, Putin, Orbán and more

The French star's new film sees her scrubbing floors and emptying bins. But it's actors who have it hard, she says

We need a prime minister who isn't driven by a competitive spirit and has a desire to work out what is best for the country. We are unlikely to find those characteristics in a sportsperson

Europe’s most visited tourist attraction had a troubled start to life

The president’s achievements have been underplayed - and they contain lessons for Labour and the Lib Dems

The city had always been kind to stray cats. The mayor said they had never gone hungry, but asks if they really need to house them now as well?

Audrey Diwan’s powerful abortion drama Happening has completed a clean sweep of major awards for female directors. But, she says, real equality is still far away

Emmanuel Macron may have beaten Marine Le Pen in the presidential election, but France has not yet banished fascism

The spectre of Marine Le Pen has been banished - at least for now - but there is plenty for the re-elected president to focus on

The 72-year-old took what she thought was an unwanted jacket from the Paris museum. Her newly acquired coat was actually a work aimed to recreate the garment worn by Picasso

The latest – and last? – novel by Michel Houellebecq, France’s most controversial writer, takes on politics

French presidential polls show the incumbent with a narrow lead, but he has done himself few favours against his reshaped rival

The rebranded right wing presidential candidate is not what she pretends

The French/English stand-up comedian’s comedic cannon rests on poking fun at English and French stereotypes. After living in both countries for years she has no shortage of material

Of all the issues influencing the French elections, there’s an unlikely one – hunting. Its supporters say the right to kill wild animals is at the heart of being French. But animal rights campaigners disagree, and now a recent series of deadly accidents is changing public opinion

After winning the first round of voting in the presidential elections by only a small margin, Emmanuel Macron has just two weeks to pull voters back from the brink of extremism

Polls show Emmanuel Macron heading for a repeat run-off and victory against Marine Le Pen. But France’s longer-term future looks bleak

Her posthumous reputation dictated by centuries of almost exclusively male gatekeepers, history has not been kind to the queen of both France and England

The Johnny Hallyday who took the Albert Hall stage one night 10 years ago was the culmination of 50 years of myth-making

The horse, who has been put down after contracting skin cancer, gained fame for her daily strolls while wearing a halter that read, “My name is Jenny. I’ve not escaped, just taking a walk”

The actual stand-up in Netflix's new dramedy is rarely as funny as it is supposed to be, but the characters are so vivid it barely matters

Lili Damita began her life as a revue star, ended it as a broken-hearted recluse and married Errol Flynn in between

Paris St Germain's superstar project has failed and the fans are turning their fire on their expensive acquisitions

Largely forgotten in his own country, Murray Head remains an adoptive hero in France

From politicians unwelcome reception at the Salon de l’Agriculture trade fair to a woman in Berlin claiming she is in a relationship with a model plane - weird news you may have missed form Europe

A leading light of contemporary French cinema, Jacques Audiard is now trying to redefine the nouvelle vague aesthetic for a new century

News from across Europe you might have missed, including reality hitting Italian TV contestants and a surprising find in a mop bucket

The Promise has an excellent cast but the plot is subsumed by the standard demands of a detective show

A train lover’s billet-doux to the Paris underground