French Life

UK nationals in France who find themselves in difficulty will still be able to apply for aid

Nativity scenes are a combination of Christmas and everyday local life

Frenchman completes five-month challenge to complete his Tour de France by rowboat

What hardy souls about to take on the challenge think of the solo ocean race

Dressage rider VERITY SMITH is blind and defied the odds to reach international standard. Here, the Nîmes-based rider explains how she also defied top sports officials to overturn a rule that stopped her riding in the Rio Paralympics for Team GB

With no Open Gardens/Jardins Ouverts events taking place in November, Jane Hanks talks to Doctor Christine Janin, the remarkable founder of A Chacun son Everest, the children's cancer charity that has benefited from the kindness of gardeners to the tune of €12,000

Villagers in Normandy set out to discover what had poisoned one of their oldest trees, only to find that, despite their age and importance, yew trees have no special protection in France. Samantha David explains

French businesswomen teamed their love of nature and fashion to create jewellery range that features living plants

Foires and vide-greniers are part of the fabric of life in every town, village and hamlet in France. Connexion's Sally Ann Voak ran a stall for the first time at the September Foire-a-Tout in Neufchatel-en-Bray, Seine-Maritime, and discovered that there can be a few challenges: including but not restricted to the weather, pushy dealers, parking, ubiquitous French forms ... and the early start. She explains all here, and offers a few hints for anyone thinking of taking a stall in future. 

Classic cars are the stars of the Circuit des Remparts race in Angoulême in mid September, and joining them this year will be France’s three-wheeler fans the Amical Tricyclecariste de France. Samantha David meets their president