Category: Culture & Icons

The life and times of Josephine Bonaparte – a woman who helped to shape the history of France. She is remembered for her personal style ...

The French history of the Statue of Liberty is a tale of friendship and citizenship between two nations. She is an iconic landmark with a ...

Confused about the timeline of those who ruled France? All those King Louis’? The Gauls who were as tough as old boots so that that ...

What do Victor Hugo, Louis Pasteur and Charles de Gaulle have in common? Gillian Thornton takes an enlightening stroll to discover how the street names ...

Impressionism was an art movement which began in France, and a key figure of the movement was Claude Monet, one of the most celebrated artists ...

French bread made by an artisan to a traditional and authentic recipe is unique. It never tastes the same anywhere else in the world. And ...

Brief history of the Tour de France race: The world’s most famous bike has been called the greatest free show on earth and is said ...

Marvellous, magnificent and mesmerising monuments of France. The biggest and the best, the strange and the quirky, their history, legends and fascinating facts from the ...

French Queen Marie-Antoinette continues to fascinate people more than 200 years after her death. To this day the opulent world she inhabited captivates us. She ...

The picnic seems as quintessentially British as queuing and discussing the weather. Come rain or shine, hikes in the countryside go hand in hand with ...