Interviews

France lures people from many countries and we will meet some of them in this occasional series. Writer Rosie Richards is first – and talks of her long love affair with her new home town to Justin Postlethwaite

Jane Hanks talks to award-winning coffee roaster (torréfactrice) Anne Caron about the bean-to-cup process

Author Adam Thorpe speaks to Jane Hanks about French country life and the expat experience 

Jane Hanks talks to author Carol Drinkwater about the joys of living in France

The government is dedicating €100 million a year to ‘transform’ healthcare. Oliver Rowland spoke to Dr Jean-Paul Hamon, leader of the Fédération des Médecins de France, who doubts it will make a difference. His members are médecins libéraux, that is GPs and specialist doctors in independent private practice

Popular scientist and environmental lobbyist Hubert Reeves is a key public face of ecology in France. Jane Hanks spoke exclusively to him on a wide range of subjects, from astrophysics to airports

Samantha David talks to Zahia Ziouani about being in charge of an orchestra and taking classical music into prisons

Samantha David talks to actress/singer Sarah Tullamore about her one-woman show and how to please Anglo/French audiences

Tracy Chevalier is one of the most popular contemporary novelists in both France and the UK. On one of her frequent visits across the Channel, she told Jane Hanks about her French roots and writing

Natural history lovers seeking a day of animal magic should visit Deyrolle in Paris. The owner talks taxidermy and tomatoes with Samantha David