French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard has confessed that he stole money to finance his films in an interview with a German newspaper to be published on Thursday.
“I had no choice. Or at least it seemed that way to me. I even stole money from my family to give to (fellow French director Jacques) Rivette […]

If you are thinking of buying a house in France, you will need to be just as careful as you would in the UK - if not more so - as in France the process is a little different. The main point to bear in mind is not to be afraid to ask questions. […]

President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed on Thursday to track down the “yobs and traffickers” he accused of fomenting unrest in the high-immigration suburbs of Paris.
In a prime-time television interview, Sarkozy promised his government would take a tough line towards those behind a flare-up of violence that left more than 120 police wounded, some by gunfire.
“These people […]

Four students of tourism at Périgueux’s IUT meet three anglophone teaching assistants and quiz them on their experience in France.
Lauren Twist from Washington DC (USA), Lucy Falkner and Stephanie Zemlak both from England, Cornwall and Birmingham respectively, came to Périgueux, Dordogne in September 2006 to work as English-language teaching assistants - since when they have […]

You’ve got to have a lot of nerve to introduce an electronic book reader in 2007. The Amazon Kindle incorporates cellular broadband service.
Sure, the idea has appeal: an e-reader lets you carry hundreds of books, search or jump to any spot in the text and bump up the type size when your eyes get tired.
But […]

You might say that finding an English speaking doctor in France is like discovering a truffle patch in the forest. Well worth the search once you find it but hard going beforehand.The US Embassy in Paris makes it a little easier by updating a list every six months of doctors and hospitals who speak English. […]