France

CHARLIE CONNELLY on a French cinema legend who always made something extraordinary out of the ordinary

The presidential campaign takes on an apocalyptic tone as a fearful, angry electorate confronts the evidence of a country in decline

The nation needs serious politicians. Instead, we have Boris Johnson’s lies, Liz Truss’ Instagram diplomacy and Oliver Dowden’s warnings against woke

At a talk for the Institute of Directors in Ireland our editor-at-large was asked a multitude of questions, all from the perspective of: 'How did it come to this?'

Catalans Dragons return to action with their eyes on going one step further than last season

After our investigation into the 27 people who drowned in the Channel, one reader reflects on how the country should feel a collective sense of shame on their behalf

What are its causes? What are the solutions? And, more importantly, why does the West choose to ignore them?

A special investigation into the lives of the people who drowned in the Channel.

According to newspaper Il Giornale, the case symbolises a giant clogging of the country's judicial system.

While all eyes are focussed on Partygate, or even Adele postponing her entire Las Vegas residency, British businesses face exponential border queues. But, media outlets aren’t interested.

While Britain has focussed on Boris Johnson's partying and Prince Andrew, desperate people have risked their lives in cold and dangerous waters, writes NIGEL WARBURTON.

Buffeted by the pandemic, Eurostar faced collapse. With little thanks to the UK government, this link to the continent is revived.

The president's wife is starting legal proceedings over a conspiracy theory that she is transgender.

Calmer weather has brought a new surge of migrant boat crossings in the Channel - and with them, new risks.

WILL SELF on the French far-right politician who emerged from a Jewish background.

Food writer JOSH BARRIE brings readers a recipe from Wales with French roots. And, if done right, it resembles a Christmas tree.

Liz Truss, Yolanda Díaz, Valérie Pécresse, Mamata Banerjee, Andrew Bailey. Just some of the names we think will make the headlines in the next 12 months ... for better or worse

Boris Johnson’s posturing over France is making a terrible situation even worse.

In the wake of the tragedy in the Channel, media commentator LIZ GERARD’s searing essay exposes how newspapers demonised refugees - and encouraged ministers to follow them.

For all his undoubted literary genius, Marcel Proust was an underwhelming dinner guest.

Chedid, known by his rocker alter ego -M- is part of a French musical dynasty that shows no signs of stopping.

Your weekly check on how well Brexit is going (SPOILER: Not very well)

The most vicious presidential contest in almost a century is likely to be decided by left wing voters... even though their own parties don’t have a prayer of winning.

The violent histories of France’s former African colonies owe much to the continued meddling of Paris and other Western capitals.

The UK used to consider itself above the political chicanery found on the Continent. It can’t afford to now.

As former president Nicola Sarkozy is sentenced to house arrest for illegal campaign financing, JOHN KAMPFNER wonders why French politics seems so susceptible to financial scandal.

This month marks the anniversary of a bloodbath in the centre of Paris, the full story of which is yet to emerge. SUNA ERDEM reports on a tragedy that continues to haunt France.

Far right talk show host Eric Zemmour, a big defender of Maurice Papon, may yet play a decisive role in France's presidential elections, underlining just how much the tensions of the past still play out today.

Two writers with strikingly different reputations, whose long-lost work has recently been unearthed.

NIGEL WARBURTON, one of the world’s most-read philosophers, considers the latest art installation at Paris’s Arc de Triomphe.

News that you might have missed from around the continent, selected by Steve Anglesey.

As David Frost moans about the deal they both agreed, Michel Barnier is entering the race to be Franceʼs president.