Culture

Discovered original carriages are being restored in France to their Art Deco splendour ready for passengers in 2025

David Thille was hooked when he discovered the hard-shell gourds can be dried and fashioned into implements such as bowls and spoons, or decorated to make ornaments

One of the oldest chocolate brands in activity, Bonnat’s first factory opened in 1884

A simple dictation exercise for schoolchildren was central to the construction of the French nation

Stone walls, towers and sculpture tell the tale of this monastic town if you know where to look

We celebrate the women deemed worthy to lie in Paris’s special ‘hall of fame’

It is illegal to use a metal detector without permission from the prefecture or risk seven years in prison for pillaging heritage

From a giant kiwi fruit to a huge face, ronds-points artwork continues to divide opinion unless it is the Arc de Triomphe

Fundraising has started to save a replica of the 18th-century frigate L’Hermione that fought the British in the American War of Independence

We unpick the history of the Queen of Lace and Lace of Queens in Alençon