French Life

Inside magical world of a self-taught ceramic artist

Footage features Notre Dame Cathedral in 1896, the Champs-Élysées in 1899 ... and the moving walkway at the Paris Exposition in 1900

The Connexion spoke to Louise and Bill Peacocke, have just returned to their home in the Haute-Savoie after a month-long camping-car holiday in Iceland

Journalists are often offered the chance to test drive new cars but The Connexion's Brian McCulloch had a different opportunity - to get behind the wheel of a combine harvester in France. Here's his report...

We know it's just October and Christmas seems a while away, but we also know that early organisation can help take stress out of seasonal gift-buying

Our zeitgeist column looks at the success of a simple French Facebook idea that caught the eye of founder Mark Zuckerberg

The Connexion discovers the ups and downs of looking after someone else’s home while they are away, from a pair of ‘working retirees’

A large house in a French village hides a surprising business: hand-made Scottish kilts.

One rider, her dog, a pair of horses and 13 legs...

Modern-day careers in the age-old art of bookbinding