France

Prime minister Gabriel Attal’s decision to bring the format to parliament is already proving controversial

Even for all her success and the wealth that came with it, Valadon’s bohemianism remained undiminished

I’ve spent time with refugees in French coastal camps where they've told me the policy hasn't put them off the journey

The polls opened at the Russian embassy in Paris – what I saw there gave me hope

Finesse, sensuality and richness are what Debussy brought to a staid musical world unprepared for such an emphatic upending of form and technique

In Britain, unbelievably, abortion technically remains a crime. That must change

According to French linguist Bernard Cerquiglini, the two languages are much more similar than we think

In a new book by a best-selling French author, ancient onlookers watch a family come to terms with a disabled child

In a subterranean game of cat and mouse beneath the streets of the French capital, cataflics hunt cataphiles in the city’s prohibited labyrinths

Every summer, the locals of Arnage near Le Mans look on in bemusement as Brits descend on the village in search of booze

The enormous Future Circular Collider is set to replace the Large Hadron Collider by the end of the century. But do we really need it?

French actor Judith Godrèche’s allegations of rape and abuse by star directors have opened up a second wave of #MeToo in France

No other writer has captured the singular beauty of the northern French coast like Rebecca Gisler in her debut novel

Rothko’s Seagram murals come to Paris

PM Attal is using Britain’s struggles as a weapon against Le Pen in his EU election campaign

The guardians of the French countryside are posing a headache for the very new, very young PM

In a bold reinvention, Sam Spade, the hardboiled San Francisco private eye made famous by Bogart, surfaces in 1960s France

The farmer blockades show that Emmanuel Macron and the City of Light must put on a winning show this summer for a deeply divided country

A thawing ice rink, frosty relations between some competitors and a distinct lack of fans couldn’t stop the success of Chamonix 1924

Reading is not the preferred choice of recreation for France’s youth

French Resistance spy Boulle took up writing almost on a whim – then created the basis for two all-time classic films

Has Macron just chosen his successor?

The latest eccentricity in the city on the Loire is the perfect illustration of its unofficial motto

As good as a fruit galette is, nothing rivals a galette des rois

After the battle comes the reckoning – even for the winners

So emblematic of the city’s spirit did she become that Mistinguett seemed timeless even in her own lifetime

With meticulous attention to food and how it is prepared, the film’s plot embraces simplicity

At the age of 75, synthesiser pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre is back with two new projects and a determination to innovate and disrupt

Dumas’s swashbuckling classic has been filmed 50 times – but the French haven’t tried since the 1960s. Until now...

I’m happy to come from a family where all we need to have a great time is some grilled meat, a few cans of cheap beer and each other’s company

Young farmers are bringing the distilling business back into fashion

There are many interpretations of its meaning. Are we witness to a dark memory, a sexual desire or a surrealist Pinocchio?