Tag Archives: France

France President, Emmanuel Macron said on Monday the gunmen who killed 137 people in a concert hall outside Moscow were part of an Islamist group that was behind foiled attempts to attack France over the last few months.   According to Macron, it explains why the French government on Sunday, …

Landscapes When you can gaze on the salt pans of Guérande, near Nantes, cycle through lavender fields in Drôme, in the south-east, and bask in the splendour of the Cirque de Gavarnie in the Pyrénees, you have to wonder how France got so lucky with its diverse landscapes. Most recently, …

Standout moments from nearly 20 years of writing about travelling and eating around France include meals in legendary restaurants and the joy of a shared dinner at a chambre d’hôtes. That said, there’s a venue that can’t be underestimated as an opportunity to enjoy France’s culinary delights: the car boot picnic. Standing …

Secret alleys and courtyards in Lyon Climbing towards the basilica from the river, we explored a zigzag of secret staircases and hidden courtyards in Lyon. These traboules are hard to follow, and so we had to look out for the metal plates that mark some of the entrances. There’s almost …

Paris Saint-Germain superstar, Kylian Mbappe is reportedly suing the owner of a kebab shop in France after his name was used in the description for a sandwich.     The shop, opened by influencer Mohamed Henni, sells a Klub kebab which is described as being made with ‘baker round bread, as round as …

  A former France team-mate has sensationally claimed that Paul Pogba was ‘tricked’ into taking the banned substance which saw him slapped with a four-year ban for doping.      The former Manchester United midfielder was sanctioned last month, having failed a drugs test in August by testing positive for testosterone.     Rio …

Coast hugging, Bonifacio, Corsica When I first visited Corsica, I hiked down the spine of the Corsican mountains, barely seeing the sea except for glimpses from a bird’s eye perspective. This time, as I hugged the coastline, dipping in and out of sea caves, I felt as though I was …

France’s parliament has passed legislation to systematically suspend parental authority for those being investigated for incest or domestic violence, and withdraw it fully if they are sentenced. The National Assembly passed the bill on Monday,  March 11 before the upper-house Senate passed theirs on Tuesday. Before now the judicial system …

Authorities in France have discovered nearly 60 graves in a French cemetery covered in Islamic graffiti, including phrases such as ‘Submit to Allah’ and ‘Happy Ramadan, non-Muslims’.       On Monday morning, a total of 58 burial sites in Clermont-d’Excideuil cemetery, in Périgord Vert, Dordogne, were discovered scrawled over in …

French lawmakers have approved the bill to make abortion a constitutional right for women in the country.   The bill was approved in an overwhelming 780-72 vote on Monday, and nearly the entire joint session stood in a long-standing ovation. There were jubilant scenes of celebrations all over France as …