How France shifted its approach to heatwaves after nearly 15,000 people died in the summer of 2003. An urban planning... more

As the dust settles on a week of intense urban violence triggered by the police shooting of a young man... more

How Rouen, a city on the Seine, far from the open sea, became France's largest grain port; denim production returns... more

How to get New Caledonians talking to each other; the incompatibility of being gay and a football player in France,... more

The village of Oradour-sur-Glane continues to memorialise the massacre of 643 of its inhabitants by the Nazis in 1944. Are... more

Why French unions are so prominent despite record low membership. How Tintin defied critiques of racism, sexism and anti-Semitism to... more

France's pioneering 2017 law that made French-based multinational companies responsible for human rights and environmental violations wherever they do business.... more

France's evolving relationship with China; allowing women time off for period pain; and why artist Pablo Picasso never became French.

Is the French government denying people their democratic rights by passing its controversial pension reform without a vote in parliament?... more

How French farmers are adapting since the war in Ukraine halted grain and seed exports. Why we need to buy... more