Culture

You don’t have to gargle! The complete guide to tasting wine with elegance and discretion.

200 years after Napoleon was crowned Emperor, the Louvre museum explores the masterpiece that both captured and transformed the event for posterity

The cartoonist Claire Brétécher talks to La Guinguette about her new collection ‘Allergies’

It don’t mean a thing if you ain’t got that string – why lingerie is such big business.

On board with René Moniot-Beaumont for a fascinating tour of French maritime literature.

He’s up at two every morning, determined to deliver the best bread in town.

Fancy a bottle of Madeira dated 1789? Head for a wine auction, but be prepared to dig deep into your pockets.

Shoemakers to the glamorous for more than a century. «La maison Massaro» is the subject of a stunning retrospective at the International Shoe Museum in Romans.

It’s no easy job translating Booker prize winning author A. S. Byatt into French, but you certainly learn a thing or two. Byatt and translator Jean-Louis Chevalier go head to head to discuss their differences.