Culture / Media
Press gang
For a nation founded on the libertarian spirit, France’s media has traditionally kept a respectful distance when reporting on those in power. But recent high profile exposés are pushing the debate back into the spotlight…
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Affairs / Education
French revision
Napoleon sold off Louisiana in 1803 but the French government is busier than ever promoting Gallic culture in the former colonial state. Latest move: funding a new school and getting the headlines from Paris on the local…
Affairs / Radio
Monocolumn
Thursday 18 November
Bonjour Londres! French radio launches in the capital
Wander around the South Kensington neighbourhood of London as school finishes and you could be forgiven for thinking you’d been transported to a Parisian arrondissement.
Design / Interior design
Cabin Fever
Unlike the usual identikit winter lodge, this remastered getaway in the French Alps is inventive – but its unique sense of style doesn’t detract from its homely charm.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Thursday 12 April
The French presidential race begins
The official campaign for the French presidential election began this week.
Design / Fashion
French twist
Monocle makes for a rendezvous in the quiet backstreets and canals of Paris’s 10th arrondissement in spring’s freshest ensembles for work days and weekends.
Affairs / Politics
Play it again
French accordion player Yvette Horner harks back to another age. Hers is a nostalgic repertoire that draws on the countryside as a source of inspiration. Yet despite the years, her shock of orange hair and desire to play…
Edits / Manufacturing
Outside the box
French luxury label Moynat, famed for its sturdy trunks, fell out of favour in the 1970s and was forced to shut. But a successful recent relaunch proves there’s still a market for tradition with a twist.
Affairs / Books
Word champion
He made serious literature popular and if he liked a new book the nation ran out and bought it. He even made a televised spelling test appointment viewing. The talk-show host and TV producer Bernard Pivot is a peculiarly…
Business / Transport
Monocolumn
Thursday 7 October
Eurostar – less French, more European
“Is there anything French left in your new trains?”
Affairs / Politics
Africa/Middle East briefing
Quick quiz question. Which part of France has the highest birth rate? Paris? Bordeaux? Marseille? The answer lies further south. Some 5,000 miles further south.
Affairs / Government
Street talker
Her parents are from Algeria and she has spent her life working for radical campaign groups, but now Fadela Amara is at the heart of government in France. Her challenge from President Sarkozy: rebuild France’s riot-hit…
Affairs / Politics
Oceania briefing
Australia scales down its military, French Polynesia has a big day ahead, and New Zealanders jump ship.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Friday 6 April
Weekend agenda, 7/8 April
This weekend’s highlights include a new Mexican restaurant in London, a restored French cinema classic and the latest album from Malian duo Amadou and Mariam.
Affairs / Politics
Briefing Europe
Nicolas Sarkozy's French style; the Nordic Davos; and Ukraine's Britart-loving oligarch.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Saturday 4 February
Weekend agenda, 4/5 February
This weekend’s highlights include an Australian theatre premiere in London, our favourite new cocktail bar in New York and the latest by French electro duo Air.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Friday 10 August
UK Riots Part 2: Do French and British societies suffer the same social ills?
A youth from a segregated area dies as the result of a police chase, leading to widespread, violent riots: Paris in 2005, London in 2011 – two similar scenarios, both highlighting a social rather than ethnic malaise.
Midori House, episode 196
Live from Le Club France, Old Billingsgate Market: Olympic views from French MP Axelle Lemaire, France 24’s Bénédicte Paviot, and French Radio London’s Pascal Grierson.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Saturday 17 December
Weekend agenda, 17/18 December
This weekend’s highlights include the newest Oliver Spencer shop in London, a pop-up café in Tokyo and the latest album by French chanteuse Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Midori House, episode 134
Discussion of Taliban poetry with writer Alex Strick Von Linschoten, the latest on the French election, and we speak to hotelier Alex Calderwood.