France

Jeremy Clarke’s joy at a two-speed oscilating fan in la chaleur TGV

17 August 2013 9:00 am

Hotel Trepaner, St Raphael, French Riviera: I have read all ten reviews on this site. The overall rating (given by…

Whisper it, but the big banks are finally getting their houses in order

10 August 2013 9:00 am

By and large it was a good week for the big banks — underpinned by encouraging news from the wider…

Unassuming: Port-en-Bessin today

Notes on…Normandy

20 July 2013 9:00 am

There are some, I know, who for whom Normandy means the three Cs — cider, cream and calvados. But if,…

Watch out France: Nicolas Sarkozy is back, and he wants revenge

6 July 2013 9:00 am

The defeated president is ready to retake his party – and wreak his revenge on François Hollande

Fête de la Musique: Couldn’t we just get over ourselves, risk a bit of foreign and join

6 July 2013 9:00 am

One of the many cultural initiatives to have come out of France in the past 50 years — and therefore…