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Revolutionary figure Charlotte Corday is known for murdering a rival political figure in his bathtub. Samantha David looks at her extraordinary, if short, life and what motivated her ultimately fruitless act

A round-up of news, and those creating ‘le buzz’ in French cultural life

A critical eye on the latest ciné releases

A round-up of news, and those creating ‘le buzz’ in French cultural life

The noblewoman led a long, extraordinarily eventful life of achievement, writes Jane Hanks

This year is the centenary of the end of WW1 and the sacrifice of one soldier just three weeks before the Armistice has created an unforeseen bond between Bray-sur-Somme in northern France and Old Coulsdon in south London. Connexion writer Sally Ann Voak, who lives in Old Coulsdon, explains

Charles Aznavour saw his home near the Alpilles hills in Provence as a “haven of peace”, local mayor Alice Roggiero (shown above with him) told Connexion.

Aznavour, who has been described as ‘the French Sinatra’ and ‘the last of the greats of French chanson’, died at his home in Mouriès, Bouches-du-Rhône, aged 94, on October 1.

My wife Fiona and I have long nursed a dream of an epic hike along the length of the old Western Front and this year, a century on from the end of the First World War, we went for it.

Both 64 and retired and living in Dordogne and Yorkshire, we had no idea if it was possible when we set off from Nieuwpoort-Bad on the Belgian coast to walk to the Swiss border.

A round-up of news, and those creating ‘le buzz’ in French cultural life