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No crisps, no party games: the unwritten rules of French children’s birthdays
Columnist Samantha David describes the ups and downs of a French birthday party for children
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More amusing place names in France: from Anus and Chitry to Misery
Readers add to the collection
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Vive le roi! All France needs for Christmas is its monarchy back
Columnist Simon Heffer examines the future of republicanism
RIP Johnny
Reacting to the aftermath of Johnny Hallyday's death
“Over the top” doesn’t do justice to the JH [Johnny Hallyday’s death] hysteria.
Particularly galling to have to pay for security for the hommage out of my taxes, for someone who did his best to avoid paying them himself in France!
Martin Redshaw, Pyrénées-Orientales
The singer’s 2006 move to Switzerland, with its lowertaxation levels, was supported by two thirds of those polled by Le Monde at the time.
