THE French health minister, Marisol Touraine (pictured), has announced that smoking in public playgrounds will be banned from the start of summer. In a statement the minister said that she intends to introduce a decree into parliament at the end of June with immediate effect. Ensuring that the busy summer... Read more →
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Can small French farms learn from the success of Twitter's favourite shepherd?
FROM the fields and hillsides of the Lake District shepherd James Rebanks calls home, he provides a view of a life few have ever seen, writes Carol Miers. And it is through Twitter that James Rebanks, or @herdyshepherd1 as he is known online, has shown his day-to-day work raising Herdwicks,... Read more →
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Expat vote ban lifted, but not in time for EU referendum
Photo: John Keane. Long-term expats will have their right to vote in British and European elections restored. However, they will be unable to vote in the European referendum if they've lived abroad for more than 15 years. The Votes for Life Bill, announced after the Queen's Speech today, will scrap... Read more →
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How young writer captured cultural heart of Paris by staging English theatre
Sitting in a bar one evening a couple of years ago in Montmartre, the Paris district that has been a magnet for artists and writers for centuries, the novelist Albert Alla lamented the lack of English-language theatre in Paris. Not the all-singing, all-dancing productions of the established Chatelet theatre, or... Read more →
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Dheepan wins shock Palme d'Or as French triumph in Cannes
French director Jacques Audiard's film Dheepan has won the top prize at Cannes, the Palme d'Or. The gritty drama tells the story of refugees fleeing post-civil war Sri Lanka for a life in France. The choice made by the jury led by American filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen was a... Read more →
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British citizens who have lived abroad for more than 15 years can not vote in EU referendum
The UK government has ruled out extending the right to vote in the upcoming EU referendum to all British citizens living abroad, despite a promise made by the Conservative party chairman that it would. The EU referendum bill, which will be announced after the Queen’s speech on Wednesday, will make... Read more →
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La Haine 20 years on: what has changed?
At a distance of 20 years, it’s now easy to forget that 1995 was one of the darkest and strangest years in recent French history. In the UK, it had been an exceptionally warm summer, and for a brief moment the whole nation seemed to bask in the sunshine glow... Read more →
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