See France through the eyes of a catAmerican cat lover Teresa Kaufman enjoys countryside walks and has spent 18 years travelling the country with her two cats
French love of comic books is writ large on Angoulême wallsWe discover why the Charente city encourages mural artists to turn beloved bande dessinée heroes into huge works of art
Architecture of France: fake Paris façades cover up pollution secretThe Parisien 'fausses façades' look clever but actually hide engineering infrastructure emitting unsafe levels of fine particles says environmental group
Brittany's new 'Stonehenge' site will reconnect us to rootsPhilippe Abjean’s latest project in Brittany, StoneBreizh, will highlight the region’s cultural history since the Neolithic period
Discover France by bike this summer on one of its cycle holiday routesWe pick out websites and routes to help you plan your long-distance cycling holiday in some of the most beautiful parts of France
Back to the classroom: visiting France’s school museumsTake a nostalgic trip around the country and pay a visit to the country’s finest museums dedicated to the history of education
Medieval torture and salvation at Autun cathedral in FranceArt historian Dr Julia Faiers explores the Romanesque carvings and lucrative history of Saint Lazarus’s holy relics at Autun cathedral in Saône-et-Loire
Royan: Visit this French sea town rebuilt with Brazil-inspired styleIt was once known as the Pearl of the Atlantic but was ruined during World War Two. It has been redesigned in a new and innovative way
France’s oldest active lighthouse reopens to public - tides allowingThe phare de Cordouan, which lies off the west coast of the country, has been closed for nearly a decade due to restoration work
Luxury treehouse, giant maze: Six unusual places to explore in FranceYou do not need to leave the country to experience exotic and quirky places - there are plenty to explore much closer to home
3D replica of 33,000-year-old cave art to go on display in MarseilleThe copy is based on the underwater Grotte Cosquer, which has several hundred pieces of prehistoric artwork
30 years on: Remembering France’s Furiani football disaster On May 5, 1992, a terrace at the Armand-Cesari Stadium in Corsica collapsed during a semi-final match, killing 19 people
Mysteriously skewed Brittany cathedral continues to confound expertsArcheological excavations suggest that the Cathedral of Saint Corentin was the third to be built on the site, leaving numerous riddles for archeologists to solve
The ‘moving rock’ off coast of Marseille is actually a boat ‘I wanted to celebrate the Calanques, make something fun while adding to the natural scenery,’ artist Julien Berthier told The Connexion.
Tignes, the flooded French Alpine village that moved up a mountain New Tigne is a vibrant ski resort but some villagers are still angry about the forced evacuation to make way for a hydo-electric dam
‘Restoring a medieval chateau in France is more than lifetime project’“It was a childhood dream, which has turned into an adult nightmare”, say the owners of the chateau at Salignac-Eyvigues in the Dordogne, south west France
Why Strasbourg’s cathedral is one of France’s greatest treasuresIn her series on the cultural heritage of France, art historian Julia Faiers reveals the narrative power of the medieval Notre-Dame de Strasbourg
From Dior to berets: Seven places in France for fashion-loversThe country has plenty to offer fashionistas: from Dior’s childhood home in Normandy to a museum dedicated to the emblematic beret in the south of France
Lavoirs: How these communal wash houses changed French cultureThough they are no longer used, you still come across them, typically on the fringe of a village or town
The story of Paris’ drinking fountains gifted by a UK donor in 1870sSir Richard Wallace, a 19th century UK philanthropist in Paris, invented the fountains so the poor would have clean water
France’s historic upturned boat houses offer clue to Dickens mysteryOn the country’s north coast lies a cluster of upside-down boats converted into dwellings. Could they explain a confusing quirk in the classic tale of David Copperfield?
Support your local community in France with a guidebook in English A blog can offer a great insight into your town or village but why not expand it to benefit the local community too? Michael Delahaye explains how
