Fairytale of Grenoble: The Peaks of an Alpine Christmas Emily Cooper explores the best of the French Alps’ festivities in Grenoble and its surrounding areas. It’s the most wonderful time of the year: exam deadlines are fast-approaching, bookmakers are starting to take bets on the likelihood of a fourth (?) lockdown, and many among us […]
France
Settling Into Your Host Country
Unexepected Struggles of a Year in France Pippa Bourne describes the beginning of their abroad experience and settling into their host country, in the North-West of France. Moving away from home to go to university is one thing. Moving away from home to live in a foreign country for a minimum of five months is […]
The United Kingdom & France: Best Frenemies?
Kanumera Creiche discusses the long and challenging relationship between the UK and France.
Excuses, Excuses: France’s Shock Exit from Euro 2020 Explained
Stanley Murphy-Johns expands on a recent article by The Athletic detailing the causes that led to France’s unexpected exit from Euro 2020.
Coronavirus Roundtable: Toulouse
Coronavirus Roundtable: Toulouse Foreign Correspondent Ben Mirzoeff describes his experience of being in France at the time of the crisis and how it has affected him The city of Toulouse itself was not noticeably affected by COVID-19 before the strict national lockdown was enforced by the government. Stockpiling was not an issue at all and […]
Home is where the heart is: a Parisian Year Abroad cut short
Home is where the heart is: a Parisian Year Abroad cut short Sammy Cole, Foreign Correspondent in Paris, reflects on her curtailed year abroad and her bittersweet return Since returning from my year abroad in Paris about three weeks ago, my daily life has considerably changed. I am hugely grateful to be back with my […]
Witnessing Gilets Jaunes Protests in Toulouse
Foreign Correspondent in France, Ben Mirzoeff, gives an account of Yellow Vest protests in Toulouse, arguing that protests have now become normalised in the eyes of protesters and police.
A Parisian question
Bettina Latuff Hualde talks about the Parisian tourist trail and what it’s like to live in the French capital; translated by Carole Henry. «La vie en rose» pour les uns, la métropole chaotique pour les autres. Au sujet de Paris, ceux de l’Hexagone se trouvent divisés en deux camps: les amants de la capitale, et […]
Pension Strikes in France: What is Going on and Why?
Foreign Correspondent in France, Katie Fox, explains the country’s latest strikes and outlines why people have decided to protest the government’s pension reform plans.
Climate Crisis: Where do the French stand?
Isabelle Drage writes on French attitudes towards and current action on the Climate Crisis; translated by Marion L-Huillier-Hunsinger. Il existe de nombreux stéréotypes sur les Français, mais ils ne sont pas forcément connus pour rester silencieux quand ils sont mécontents. La France a la réputation d’être une nation de manifestants ; une tradition qui découle de […]