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Quality and unique items are focus of leatherwork artisans

Renovating furniture and creating objects with wood is what David Mournard loves doing – and his wands have been a surprise success.

It is hard to avoid the clichés when charting the sport’s steep rise

... but with a literary flourish!

The first website where you can learn a language through hypnosis is adding French to its lessons in March.

Say it with flowers... but not little blue ones!

French kids and adults alike love a drop of squash... The Connexion talks to a sirop maker on the drink’s boom   

We are in 1920s Paris and the spirit of partying and indulging in cocktails is in full swing, under the influence of American style bars. Author of a new book on the subject, Franck Audoux raises a glass to good times and picks three great tipples from the era to try at home

Nothing’s afoot with these slow-cooked specialities. In our series providing a sideways glance at French food, we look at the country’s ‘everything is an ingredient’ ethos

A round up of the arts and culture stories creating a buzz in France

The Connexion recounts the astonishing story of privateer Jean Bart, a hero in his hometown of Dunkirk, and a commoner who rose through the ranks of French nobility thanks to an impressive seafaring ability

A round up of the arts and culture stories creating a buzz in France in February 2020

Cathy Thompson explains her enduring passion for the humble primrose

The Connexion meets two inspirational home-grown floral fanatics trying to change the way the French buy flowers

A monthly update on environmental events and occurrences in France: opposition to luxury club, ex- ecology minister rues time in power, Coming together for biodiversity and Cotton bud maker’s paper success

What happened in Febuary 10, 50, and 100 years ago? Biggest donation, a yellow leader and a world record

Similarities between mill and roulette wheels allowed a working-class Yorkshireman to break the bank – legally – at Monte Carlo almost 140 years ago.

French medieval new towns ageing well. Take a step back in time with some of France’s most beautiful villages

Pilgrims’ progress in search of salvation: in her series on the cultural history of France, art historian Julia Faiers explores the Chemin du Puy, a medieval pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela

The Connexion previews Amiens Cathedral’s astonishing, vivid light show, which runs until December 29

Hurry to see a different side of the Spanish master at a museum near Lille

We read recent releases with a link to France. To be fair, each gets 20 minutes’ reading time. This month, we will look at Isabella of Angouleme, The Seine River and Matisse’s Poets

New products, designs and gift ideas from around France: Valentine's gift ideas

New products, designs and ideas from around France. This month: comfort-chic, tipples, hats and summery smells