Will Paris ever change? - Part 1
Tom Taylor explores how the architecture of Paris restricts the growth of the city both upwards and outwards, potentially sealing its fate as a ‘museum city’.
L’expérience de pensée du ‘soi’ dans ‘L’anomalie’ d’Hervé Le Tellier
In this review, French Editor Margaux Emmanuel explores the questioning of identity central to the 2020 Goncourt Prize, L’anomalie by Hervé Le Tellier.
France’s health pass - ‘Un mal nécessaire’?
In this article, Joe Wherry discusses the politics of the “pass sanitaire” (health pass) in France, considered a “mal nécessaire” (“necessary evil”) by some, and an infringement on democratic rights by others.
Cordiality out the window? Franco-British tensions and France’s difficult position laid bare by the AUKUS crisis
Sophie Williams-Dunning explores the latest rift in France and Britain’s historically fraught relationship, but argues that ultimately the two countries would do well to put their differences to one side.
Les plages d’Agnès : l’œuvre d’une vie, la vie d’une œuvre
French Editor Margaux Emmanuel reviews Agnès Varda’s documentary The Beaches of Agnès (2008)