Profiles

Saddle up with Perpignan’s Western rancher Nick Verges

American composer, songwriter and bon viveur Cole Porter lived in Paris between the wars. 100 years after he moved there, Samantha David looks at the hedonistic and creative highs of
his time in the capital

Connexion talks to Anne Fulda, author of a new book about Emmanuel Macron and Bertrand Meyer-Stabley, who wrote Première Dame, les femmes de Président, about the evolving role of the First Lady of France.

Film fans may recognise the face – but not necessarily know the name of French-Algerian actress Sofia Boutella, who stars alongside Tom Cruise in this summer’s  blockbuster The Mummy (screened in French cinemas from June 14).

As the French music festival season fast approaches, we profile two talented songwriters performing live this summer

Marine Le Pen may be more politically acceptable as they leader of France's far-right party than her father but how different is she?

Centrist François Bayrou should be close to both sides of the political debate but, once seen as forward-thinking, his strategies and tactics are now criticised as outdated and he is clearly isolated. Here we look at France’s ‘third man’, who may run for president a fourth time

Lying behind by Alain Juppé and Nicolas Sarkozy in the opinion polls, Bruno Le Maire and François Fillon are battling for third place in the Républicains’ election for presidential candidate.

Michelle de la Rosa Lewis explains why it could still be important

More than a decade after his political disgrace, Alain Juppé is a strong contender in the 2017 race for president. Michelle de La Rosa Lewis takes a look at the chequered career of a man who divides opinion

Arch-socialist, scheming opportunist, unapologetic womaniser – former president François Mitterrand continues to divide opinion 20 years after his death. Damien Black examines the faceted life of a great statesman