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When travelling around France it is hard not to be struck by the quality of its memorials to the dead of the Great War.

A hundred years on – and we mark the centenary of the Armistice on 11 November – these often elaborate sculptures still make an eloquent statement of the sheer grief a nation felt at its suffering in those four years.

Every single person who was militarily involved in World War I is now dead. That is some 65 million people, including 10 million who were killed at the time.

Gérard Collomb resigned as Interior Minister on Wednesday, October 3, to run for mayor of Lyon, becoming the third member of Emmanuel Macron's government to quit in as many months, after Nicolas Hulot and Laura Flessel. Here, Samantha David asks if career politicians or experts make better ministers

Arguably the greatest Anglo-French achievement in history is the Channel Tunnel. The incredible link was opened by the Queen and President François Mitterrand in 1994 as a symbol of growing ties between two of Europe’s most powerful countries, and has largely fulfilled all expectations.

RE. the reader query about the cost of living in France – a key point is income source. Anyone whose income is sterling-based should be aware of instability due to currency fluctuations. 

To get a rail ticket from a machine at my local station I have 15 steps to perform. Most people cope... or did, that is, until July, when the machine was out of order.

Readers talk about their experiences whilst going through the process of applying for a carte de sejour in France

The October edition of Connexion includes a report to the Ministry of Education recommending teaching certain subjects in English (Teach maths in English to improve L’anglais).

Driving from Auch to Condom, at 80kph, I glanced in my rear view mirror to see the massive radiator grille of a heavy goods vehicle filling the mirror. The HGV was obviously in a hurry; I increased speed, to no effect. The HGV kept roaring up closer and closer. Finally, I pulled over and let it thunder past.

The move from issuing permis de conduire at the prefecture to a centralised online system has created an impossible situation.