Interviews

A British couple saved an abbey from financial ruin and turned it into a luxury hotel. They say it was road full of pitfalls but worth it

Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix is the world’s oldest company of mountain guides. Its President, Olivier Greber, talks about their their mission to communicate their mountain passion to others

From Nothing Hill to Perpignan, Louise Sayers tells us how professional life can sometimes be wonderfully surprising. ‘I have found my niche,’ she says

Voted in for his fifth term as President of the Nouvelle Aquitaine Region, Alain Rousset speaks about regional power

Readers offer advice to others who may find themselves in the same situation and need to deal with police and insurance issues

New British ambassador Menna Rawlings is the first woman in the role after 36 men since the time of the Duke of Wellington, who bought the building which is her official residence (see  below). She spoke to The Connexion’s Sarah Smith and Liv Rowland.

This Parisian moulding workshop – open for one day this weekend – may hold the original mould of the Inconnue de la Seine, an unknown woman drowned in the 19th century whose face has inspired novels, artwork and even CPR dummies

This month sees the start of the long-awaited trial for the November 2015 Paris attacks. President of victims’ group Life for Paris, Arthur Dénouveaux, hopes above all that the outcome will honour the victims

American ambassadors are often political positions and change if there is a new president, the embassy's chargé d’affaires in Paris, Brian Aggeler, explains

Nicolas Lamstaës has created France’s first 100% organic canteen in a combined collège and lycée and hopes more canteens will follow suit