Interviews

Jean-Michel Bertrand endured months of frustration and cold to capture rare footage of wolves in the French Alps. He tells Jane Hanks why the resulting documentary was worth the hardship

Award-winning journalist Fiona Barton reveals she planned to put writing on the backburner when she and her husband moved to France

Professor El Mouhoub Mouhoud, an economist from Paris-Dauphine university, examines migration in his new book L’immigration en France (Fayard).

The SNCF’s new spokesman and strategic planning chief Mathias Vicherat is the brains behind a rebranding of the TGV service as ‘inOui’ - he told Connexion the reasons and what else the company will do to improve its services in coming years

Artist Vincent Fonf, 50, from Brittany, tells Jessica Smith about his odd day job - painting musicians live onstage

Ben Tibbetts is a professional mountain guide, ski expert, designer and photographer based in Charmonix. He explains the job of a mountain guide’s – and why one is often necessary

American author in Paris Douglas Kennedy tells Jessica Knipe how and why he has become part of the French literary furniture

Fencer Laura Flessel fought for France at five Olympics, winning five medals – including two gold at Atlanta ’96 – and carried the flag at London 2012. Today, she is part of the team bidding to win Paris the 2024 Olympics

Métiers d’art are ancient ...and protected in France

Chatting with British writer Stephen Clarke in a cute Parisian café, Jessica Knipe discovers that under his amusing puns lies an incredible wealth of knowledge and expertise about France