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Every edition we assess an aspect of the French zeitgeist. This month: the trend for cafés full of feline friends, by Jane Hanks

In her new book about Parisian interiors, Catherine Synave visits stylish homes in both vibrant and tranquil neighbourhoods, and finds an eclectic array of homes imbued with nostalgia or embracing bright modernism.

Slowly but surely, horses are being brought in to work France’s vineyards. In the Bordeaux region, organic Château le Puy has been using its own horses since 2000. It opened its doors to Brian McCulloch, who discovered the advantages of horsepower over machines

New 2019 entries

Struggling to get to grips with French, even after years of study and trying to speak to your French neighbours? Camille Chevalier Karfis, of French Today, offers effective advice that will help break through the language deadlock

Nothing confuses English speakers more than French possessive adjectives. Camille Chevalier Karfis solves the puzzle - by focusing on the dog!

Charente students recreate paintings in their cake-making

Cookery school owner Marjorie Taylor reveals what makes a foodie summer in Burgundy and presents two sun-kissed seasonal recipes

A focus on food in France

Head of the Centre d’études Colette tells Samantha David why 21st-century women still need irrepressible and provocative role models like the writer, more than 60 years after she died, to show that anything is possible

Alix Bénézech stars in two of this year’s big-budget film releases – Mission: Impossible – Fallout (ie. Mission Impossible 6 with Tom Cruise) and Clint Eastwood’s The 15:17 to Paris – and has revelled in working with stars at the top of the trade.

Most people living in France, and most tourists, know this is mainly false; yet the myth has been around for a long time and will likely persist. There are a couple of explanations. 

A five-year programme that will see the number of wolves in France grow by 40% to 500 has been blasted by farmers – as well as by groups campaigning for the animals’ protection.

Tips and tricks for gardeners indoors and out

Eco news from around France

Julie Victoire Daubié was the first woman to be awarded a degree in France.

Babolat was a pioneer in racket technology

Michelin road signs are a familiar part of France, so familiar people are not noticing their disappearance, but numbers are falling and with them goes part of France’s history.

Staff at popular tourist attraction walk out in dispute over pay and conditions

Portraits from Paris’s fashionable Harcourt studios have been coveted for decades, as Samantha David finds

A fun-loving cycling association keeps the tradition of dandy horses alive and well, writes Samantha David

Connexion journalists read the latest French releases. To be fair, each gets 20 minutes’ reading time

New products, designs and ideas from around France

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