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Celebrity Interview: Eric Cantona
Eric Cantona created drama on the football pitch; now he’s doing the same on stage and screen, as he explains to Pierre de Villiers
What to bring to an apéro? 20 ideas
L’apéro or “aperitif” is a French institution. Scary for some, exciting for others, it is a perfect insight into french culture.
French Language - La Marseillaise
France’s national anthem has had a turbulent history, but today La Marseillaise is one of the most cherished emblems of the Republic.
My France Interview: Marcus Brigstocke
Comedian, actor and writer Marcus Brigstocke performed in French for a BBC show after four weeks’ tuition. He tells Eve Middleton about the French sense of humour and his passion for cheese
Classic Cuisine - French Lamb
No meat is more synonymous with spring than lamb, the traditional centrepiece of the Easter meal...
La Femme au Chapeau by Henri Matisse
The oil painting La Femme au Chapeau by Henri Matisse is the emblematic work of art that crowned the artist as leader of the Fauvist movement...
Tips for throwing a French dinner party
Fine-dining expert Fred Sirieix shares his tips for throwing a successful French dinner party...
L’Angélus by Jean-François Millet
The two figures bent in prayer in this pastoral scene show an idyllic lifestyle long revered by the famous École de Barbizon...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Eve Middleton explores the life of the aristocratic artist lost to the murky underworld of Montmartre...
Interview with French actress Eva Green
French actress EVA GREEN has avoided the fate of some Bond girls by continuing her big-screen success. She tells Pierre de Villiers why she loves playing evil characters and of her desire to make a film in France again...
Learn French through music
It might be Trenet’s La Mer, or Edith Piaf ’s La vie en rose or Non, je ne regrette rien. Maybe it’s Serge Gainsbourg’s breathy, risqué duet with Jane Birkin Je t’aime moi non plus originally recorded with Brigitte Bardot, or perhaps it is Vanessa Paradis’ Joe le taxi. There is usually at least a refrain that springs to mind when you think of French music...
Louise Bourgeois - The Spider Lady
Best known for her remarkable series of outsized spider sculptures, Louise Bourgeois was inspired by her childhood experiences. Eve Middleton explores the life of the Franco-American artist born on Christmas day 100 years ago...
Learn French watching films
Watching films is beneficial to picking up vocabulary idiosyncracies and behavioural tics that a textbook might struggle to provide. Find out Graham Smith’s top recommendations for French films...
Book Reviews
Zoe McIntyre and Lynette Eyb review French Children Don’t Throw Food, Monsieur Linh and His Child, and French Secrets...
Ben Miller France Interview
Actor and comedian Ben Miller first visited France as a child and loves the country and its culture. He tells Carolyn Boyd about his six months spent in Guadeloupe and his love of the French Alps...
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