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Thomas Pesquet France ISS Commander

Thomas Pesquet: From training in Moscow to lift off in Florida

Today is T-minus zero for France's 'rockstar astronaut,' the first French commander of the ISS. From the archives, read our 2011 interview back when he was a 32-year-old commander-in-training

Meet the organ maker whose projects contain up to 500,000 parts

Etienne Fouss

Etienne Fouss built his first organ at 24 and is one of around 40 makers in France who make instruments from start to finish

Meet the Englishman whose litter selfie kick-started a new career

Frederic Munsch

Eddie Platt, who has become known as L’Escargot Anglais, has made a name for himself as The Englishman Who Wanted To Clean France

France's corruption problem: Why Sarkozy trial is just the beginning

We need further cases like the one against the former French president to root out corruption in other high places, says anti-corruption association

Profiles

Wikipedia

Napoleon’s big brother is honoured in US with memorial park and museum

Napoleon’s lawyer and businessman older brother, Joseph, escaped to live in exile in new Jersey after the Battle of Waterloo

Napoleon: Should France mark the 200th anniversary of his death?

This year marks 200 years since Napoleon Bonaparte’s death in 1821 and commemorations are dividing France

A brief history of the original Mistinguett

Wikimedia

The life of Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois (1875-1956) was truly larger-than life: A performer whose name became a watchword in France

Amazing ‘pocket art’ animals made from seeds and leaves

Graphic artist Sylvain Trabut's tiny creations take up to several days to make and some are as small as a one centime coin

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