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IF France is good at one thing it is hosting festivals and events to celebrate all manner of things, be they music, the arts, sport or food and drink. But trying to find out where things are taking place and when can be a challenge, I've never thought those little... Read more →
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The Palais des Ducs de Bourgogne, in Dijon, just one of the jewels in a city of art and culture THE mayor of Dijon, François Rebsamen, has been in Paris to put his case for Dijon to be awarded the status of 'City of Art and History', a status that... Read more →
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A SUMMER service between Newcastle and Rennes is to be operated by Flybe, with the first flight set to take off on May 24. The weekly flight will operate every Saturday and provides a link from the North East of England to Brittany and Normandy. Flights head out of Newcastle... Read more →
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A GIANT of the cinema world will be guest of honour at a film festival in Nimes next month, and there are plenty of things to do in France over the coming weeks. Here is a quick pick of events and don't forget to add details of any festivals or... Read more →
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AS promised here is my look at RSS feeds, or what happens when you click on those small orange buttons you've most probably seen sprouting from all the websites you read. I am not going to go into the techie side of things, just show you how to use RSS... Read more →
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Photograph by AlexanderC titled 'French scene'. More in the This French Life Flickr album. FROM the joys of plumbing to a tour of Tours Cathedral, with a bit of French language learning thrown in, here is a quick spin through some blogs and interesting articles. Plumbing for the stout at... Read more →
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CAN you offer a hand and help to answer some of the questions and comments left on This French Life's forum? It's free to sign up and if want to leave a link to either your gite or business website then just add it at the foot of your reply,... Read more →
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IT has become a bit of a cliche the fact that younger French people head to the UK, although many still return after a period of time, but there is one Frenchman who is unlikely to be heading back to France. In a candid interview with The Guardian, French footballer... Read more →
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IF you are in the planning stages of a move to France there are most probably a thousand and one questions zipping around your head. High on the list will be things like the transfer of social security payments, for example child benefit and winter fuel payments, or maybe there... Read more →
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EACH August Saulieu in the Cote d'Or department of Burgundy hosts the Nuits de Cajun et Zydeco music festival. To find out more about the music and the festival I asked the man behind the organisation of the festival for the last 15 years, Didier Lonjard. Didier was born in... Read more →
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