French culture

The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the river. Issued on:…

Just before lunch at the height of the summer season, the narrow alleys of France's iconic Mont-Saint-Michel are thronged with a crush of people. Issued on: 26/07/2023 - 22:36 3 min…

With European summer well and truly upon us, many people will no doubt be relaxing with a refreshingly chilled glass of wine. But in France, not everyone will be getting light-headed. Non-alcoholic wine, beer and spirits are a…

Leading French politicians and cultural figures have paid tribute to actress, singer and fashion icon, Jane Birkin, who died on Sunday at 76. London-born Birkin was considered a national treasure in her adopted home of France…

France celebrates its fête nationale every year with fireworks, concerts and an extravagant military parade down the Champs-Élysées in the presence of the president, a bevy of politicians and often a foreign head of state as an…

Issued on: 08/05/2023 - 11:37 A controversial painting by Swiss artist Miriam Cahn on display at a Paris exhibition was vandalised with spray paint Sunday, the Palais de…

Issued on: 06/03/2023 - 21:57 The reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is going fast enough to allow its reopening to visitors and faithful at the end of 2024,…

Issued on: 06/03/2023 - 17:06 A restaurant tucked away in the corner of a French island won the coveted three-star ranking in the latest edition of the Michelin Guide…

Issued on: 23/01/2023 - 22:21 Dressed in aprons and brandishing baguettes, hundreds of bakers demonstrated in the streets of Paris on Monday to warn that the country's…

Issued on: 11/01/2023 - 14:31 Noël Le Graët, the president of France's FFF football federation, has been suspended from his duties amid a row over derogatory comments he made…