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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Holy Smoke: Notre Dame in flames
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The Resistance: Maryse and Monette - agents and life-savers
Guest Post: The French resistance comprised ordinary people doing extraordinary things, including two courageous young…
The Compiègne wagon: signing a treaty to end all wars
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Armistice day 2018: 100 years of forgetting
Forgetting to remember? Join us as we reflect on the 100 year anniversary of Armistice…
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Down and out in Paris: Sebastian Melmoth
An insight into the controversial life and death of Sebastian Melmoth. A world-renowned author. Do…
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The beast was impressed.‘It was the dream of my life to be permitted to see…
FranceFemale Immortals - 9 French intellectuals: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
The Académie française has a total of 732 members, known as 'Immortals' - but only nine are women! Let’s find out more about these female intellectuals. France