France

When Nazism came to her adopted home of France, the New Zealand journalist became a leading member of the resistance

Simple screen-age guidance offers what Britain’s crackdown doesn’t: clarity and trust

Conspiracy theorist Candace Owens claims that France’s first lady was born a man. Now the president and his wife will face her in court

The capital’s culinary identity has been forged by outsiders – from rural charcoal sellers to the migrants who staff its signature restaurants

France used to revere its intellectuals – but the men moaning about ‘le wokisme’ are intellectual lightweights

The PM’s meeting with Emmanuel Macron has brought the Brexit ghouls out in a chorus of whingeing. It seems they prefer Britain to be isolated

Five years after the fire, the resurrection of the breathtaking cathedral tells a whole new story

The Arles photographic fair is now probably the best in the world – the town’s provincial roots are a long way behind it

With drive-thru wine outlets on the rise, the French love of wine is coming face to face with their almost equally passionate disdain for le fast food

Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely turned machines and myths into joyful rebellion

The charming town of Llivia, a Spanish exclave in France, thrives with Catalan investment, in sharp contrast to its forgotten French surroundings

When it comes to building the person you’re meant to become, there are no shortcuts

The modest aristocrat was perhaps aware that she wasn’t the only woman who went the extra mile in the jungles of Indochina

The American indie stalwart's latest film tells the story of the making of another: Jean-Luc Godard’s À bout de souffle

Victims of sexual assault are harmed twice: first by their abuser and then by the justice system. Recognising this is just the start

Interior designer Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann is celebrated in the first of three exhibitions marking the movement’s centenary

The cemetery, opened by Napoleon, was unpopular at first. But then the VIPs came – followed by the ghosts

Mocked for speaking English with a Clouseau-esque accent, Lufbery’s time in American fatigues saw him become a wartime legend

A force of nature, Barclay was a boulevardier who made music and love with equal enthusiasm

How do you decide, for certain, that the place you emigrated to has changed you for good?

A newly discovered, signed script for Jean-Luc Godard’s first and greatest movie, Breathless, could fetch more than £400,000 at auction

More people are put to death in Iran than anywhere else on earth. Around the world, the protests are beginning

Britain and France both have atomic weapons. Now that the US is no longer a reliable ally, how should Europe deploy its nuclear deterrent?

The philosophical power couple lived in freedom, but that came at a cost for others around them

The Oscar-winning director of The Artist returns with a fairytale rooted in horror

An enigmatic Berlin exhibition inspired by Les Fleurs du mal misses the heavy velvet curtains and perfume and the sense of intoxication

Provence conjures up images of lavender fields and honey-coloured villages… but the reality of the périphérique is somewhat different

The far right leader demanded French courts get tough on corrupt politicians. Now she is paying the price

Her political ban might boost the National Rally - but equally, it could now crumble. So let’s celebrate

The city’s referendum gives Parisians the chance to have their say. Should Britain do the same?

While a cinema legend faces sexual assault claims, his Kremlin-defending lawyer denigrates witnesses – and compares his client’s treatment to the French revolution terror

Though the city’s International Women’s Day demonstration was well-behaved and good-humoured, its politics were fierce