As politicians decry the 'national humiliation' of the theft of the crown jewels from the Louvre, John Lichfield ponders whether France has simply too many treasures to protect them all properly.
Celebrations of truffles, wine, farming and lemons - as well as Christmas and New Year festivals and a long dog-sled race - give winter a festive feel in France.
A Chinese woman has been arrested and charged over the theft of gold from the Natural History Museum in Paris, in one of several recent high-profile break-ins targeting French cultural institutions, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Lost in Frenchlation is back with another month of French films with English subtitles for cinephiles in Paris to enjoy. In November, there are eight films on the docket.
As cheesemakers call for Camembert to be recognised on UNESCO's list of 'intangible cultural heritage', The Local looks at all of the other French customs and traditions that have made the list.
They may have come from around the world to the French Riviera. But the only views they were interested in were on computer monitors inside a hangar-like exhibition space.
Former justice minister Robert Badinter will be inducted into the Panthéon in a solemn ceremony presided by French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, October 9th - the 44th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty in France.
A park featuring Picasso sculptures is to open to the public in central Paris in 2030, with free entry, the head of the city's Picasso Museum told AFP on Sunday.
Looking to paint along the French Riviera or write a novel from a cottage in Brittany? There is a special French residency card for artists that might help you achieve that dream.
Ali Akbar knows everyone and everyone knows him: the last newspaper hawker in Paris, he zigzags each day from cafe to cafe, shouting humorous headlines in the heart of the French capital.
Lost in Frenchlation is back with another month of French films with English subtitles for cinephiles in Paris to enjoy. This October, there are eight films on the docket.
Paris's Pompidou Centre, which houses one of the world's most significant modern art collections in one of the most celebrated modern buildings on the planet, shuts to visitors on Monday for a major five-year overhaul estimated to cost almost half a billion euros.
The 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry has been moved from its museum in northern France for the first time in more than 40 years, authorities said on Friday, before the artwork's loan to the United Kingdom.
Summer might be over, but that doesn’t mean France suddenly shuts up event shop. Here’s our pick of the festivals around the country in September, October and November.
For fans of culture, museums, art, politics and history, there will be plenty on offer across France during the 'Journées du Patrimoine' in 2025. Here's a few suggestions.
Protests and strikes planned for Thursday in France have forced a delay in the transfer to a secret location of the Bayeux Tapestry ahead of its historic planned loan to the UK next year, an official said.
France's 'cultural canon' includes a range of classic novels which most French people will have read (or watched the movie, or at least heard of) and which are therefore often referenced. Aurore Laborie lists the must-reads.
The French have developed an entire cultural tradition around the idea of an afternoon snack. It's called "Le goûter" and here's what you need to know about it.
Anyone who has travelled by French train in the last two decades would recognise the iconic SNCF four-note jingle - The Local looks into the history of the popular tune.
France has returned three colonial-era skulls to Madagascar, including one believed to be that of a Malagasy king decapitated by French troops during a 19th-century massacre.
