Interviews Downton Abbey - director Simon Curtis loved filming in South of France He talks to The Connexion about Covid quarantine in Juan-les-Pins, a mixed French/English crew and how the cast got along on location
Downton Abbey - director Simon Curtis loved filming in South of France He talks to The Connexion about Covid quarantine in Juan-les-Pins, a mixed French/English crew and how the cast got along on location
Career change in France: Paris attack made me reflect on what I wanted An ex-car industry executive explains why her focus changed from profits to people
May 1: Who do French people give muguet to and does it still matter? We speak to young people in France about the tradition of giving lily of the valley flowers on Labour Day, and how it can be hierarchical between grandmothers, mothers and daughters
Hebrew, Spanish, Esperanto: readers speak more than English and French We asked what languages you know and how you learned them following the story of the American who can speak 24
Profiles Jacques-Yves Cousteau - undersea explorer, filmmaker and so much more The French naval officer helped millions of people see into the deep through his inventions and productions but he also worked on projects to build three underwater villages in Sudan
Jacques-Yves Cousteau - undersea explorer, filmmaker and so much more The French naval officer helped millions of people see into the deep through his inventions and productions but he also worked on projects to build three underwater villages in Sudan
Joséphine Bonaparte, Napoleon’s wife, was nothing if not a survivor Her life was far from ordinary: she lost her first husband to the guillotine, built up legendary debts and wild animals roamed freely about her extensive gardens
Two remarkable pilots whose lives both took flight in France Awarded fifteen French war medals in his lifetime, Eugene Bullard’s piloting career and story demands a place in history. As well as that of inspiring Bessie Coleman
Anne de Bretagne: A symbol from birth of a ‘free’ Brittany She was the ruling Duchess of Brittany by the age of 11 and engaged for the first time in what would be along string of strategic betrothals. The life of one of Brittany’s most famous figures was full on from start to finish
