Five things you should know about Coco Chanel
Find out about the secret life behind Coco Chanel, who is considered as one of France's top icons.
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The French kiss!
As the coronavirus spreads across Europe, French citizens are ordered to stop kissing!
Sigmaringen: two lessons from a dark past
Except for the darker side Sigmaringen could almost have been designed by Walt Disney for…
Heroes of WWII in France - Females all of them! - Part 2 - Odette Sansom
Born Odette Hallowes in Amiens in 1912.
My mother with Alzheimer’s: not a unique French story
We spoke about our respective mothers. And found out that our mothers have both gradually…
Beauty and the beasts
Eugène Paul Louis Schueller, the founder of a huge cosmetics company, was a thoroughly nasty…
Collaboration versus resistance—alive, well and living in France
This week we celebrate the anniversary of the Liberation of Paris in August 1944. What…
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.