Gilets Jaunes: reflections on the revolution in France*
Discussing the common threads in this debate. France is a rich mosaic of people, with widely different opinions... endlessly fascinating.
Reportage + Société
FGM: fighting against female genital mutilation in France and beyond
An estimated 200 million women and girls have undergone FGM worldwide.
D-Day: Tiger to Trump
The 75th anniversary of D-Day: The beautiful coastline of Devon is packed with tourists every…
Holy Smoke: Notre Dame in flames
The Notre Dame fire: disaster, miracle, social injustice?
The Resistance: Maryse and Monette - agents and life-savers
Guest Post: The French resistance comprised ordinary people doing extraordinary things, including two courageous young…
Goodbye mother and father: does the parent 1, parent 2 reform go far enough?
Does the controversial 'parent 1, parent 2' reform go far enough?
The Compiègne wagon: signing a treaty to end all wars
There were other fundamental ingredients to ending the war, far beyond the Compiègne wagon...
Parisians pissed off with pissoires
Controversy: pissoires are causing a (metaphorical) stink in Paris.
Paris, France