France

The city had always been kind to stray cats. The mayor said they had never gone hungry, but asks if they really need to house them now as well?

Audrey Diwan’s powerful abortion drama Happening has completed a clean sweep of major awards for female directors. But, she says, real equality is still far away

Emmanuel Macron may have beaten Marine Le Pen in the presidential election, but France has not yet banished fascism

The spectre of Marine Le Pen has been banished - at least for now - but there is plenty for the re-elected president to focus on

The 72-year-old took what she thought was an unwanted jacket from the Paris museum. Her newly acquired coat was actually a work aimed to recreate the garment worn by Picasso

The latest – and last? – novel by Michel Houellebecq, France’s most controversial writer, takes on politics

French presidential polls show the incumbent with a narrow lead, but he has done himself few favours against his reshaped rival

The rebranded right wing presidential candidate is not what she pretends

The French/English stand-up comedian’s comedic cannon rests on poking fun at English and French stereotypes. After living in both countries for years she has no shortage of material

Of all the issues influencing the French elections, there’s an unlikely one – hunting. Its supporters say the right to kill wild animals is at the heart of being French. But animal rights campaigners disagree, and now a recent series of deadly accidents is changing public opinion

After winning the first round of voting in the presidential elections by only a small margin, Emmanuel Macron has just two weeks to pull voters back from the brink of extremism

Polls show Emmanuel Macron heading for a repeat run-off and victory against Marine Le Pen. But France’s longer-term future looks bleak

Her posthumous reputation dictated by centuries of almost exclusively male gatekeepers, history has not been kind to the queen of both France and England

The Johnny Hallyday who took the Albert Hall stage one night 10 years ago was the culmination of 50 years of myth-making

The horse, who has been put down after contracting skin cancer, gained fame for her daily strolls while wearing a halter that read, “My name is Jenny. I’ve not escaped, just taking a walk”

The actual stand-up in Netflix's new dramedy is rarely as funny as it is supposed to be, but the characters are so vivid it barely matters

Lili Damita began her life as a revue star, ended it as a broken-hearted recluse and married Errol Flynn in between

Paris St Germain's superstar project has failed and the fans are turning their fire on their expensive acquisitions

Largely forgotten in his own country, Murray Head remains an adoptive hero in France

From politicians unwelcome reception at the Salon de l’Agriculture trade fair to a woman in Berlin claiming she is in a relationship with a model plane - weird news you may have missed form Europe

A leading light of contemporary French cinema, Jacques Audiard is now trying to redefine the nouvelle vague aesthetic for a new century

News from across Europe you might have missed, including reality hitting Italian TV contestants and a surprising find in a mop bucket

The Promise has an excellent cast but the plot is subsumed by the standard demands of a detective show

A train lover’s billet-doux to the Paris underground

CHARLIE CONNELLY on a French cinema legend who always made something extraordinary out of the ordinary

The presidential campaign takes on an apocalyptic tone as a fearful, angry electorate confronts the evidence of a country in decline

The nation needs serious politicians. Instead, we have Boris Johnson’s lies, Liz Truss’ Instagram diplomacy and Oliver Dowden’s warnings against woke

At a talk for the Institute of Directors in Ireland our editor-at-large was asked a multitude of questions, all from the perspective of: 'How did it come to this?'

Catalans Dragons return to action with their eyes on going one step further than last season

After our investigation into the 27 people who drowned in the Channel, one reader reflects on how the country should feel a collective sense of shame on their behalf

What are its causes? What are the solutions? And, more importantly, why does the West choose to ignore them?

A special investigation into the lives of the people who drowned in the Channel.