Profiles

October is a great time to eat fresh goats’ cheese (as well as spring) and cheese expert Thomas Métin, who discovered his love for French cheese in New Zealand, passes on some tips... such as why you should not keep cheese on the fridge top shelf

British charity founder Jane Bouvier told Oliver Rowland how she helps hundreds of Roma children to go to school

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

Jane Hanks talks to Lyon silk-maker Cyril Genet about the city’s heritage in the print industry and the skills required to make luxury goods

André Malraux did not pass his bac, yet went on to become one of the most important cultural figures in French history, writes Samantha David

Samantha David examines the rollercoaster life of the woman born Marthe Betenfeld, who rose from humble Lorraine beginnings via life as a Paris prostitute, to become a pilot, spy, politician and, eventually, law-changer 

Samantha David assesses the extraordinary working life and legacy of the Polish-born, French naturalised scientist

On November 10 a rare Auguste Rodin sculpture, La Toillette de Vénus, goes to auction in Paris. Samantha David looks at the artist's life

Jane Hanks talks to the artist Blase about how he gives abandoned paintings a fresh twist

Tom Jaine assesses the impact and legacy of France’s original domestic goddess