Culture

The animals, the clothes and the tools at Normandy farm are as authentic as possible, explains Samantha David

Samantha David digs out her 13th-century work clothes for a spot of stone-masonry at a living history site

His name is little known in histories of the First World War but Colonel Edouard Brémond has a claim, as Michael Delahaye says, to be France’s Lawrence of Arabia

A critical eye on the latest ciné releases - this month "Vagabond" and "Looking for Teddy"

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.

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

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

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. 

Charente students recreate paintings in their cake-making

It is said 90% of African art is not in Africa