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Feast for the senses
France has an enviable history of nurturing some of the world’s great artists – so these galleries, bookshops and record shops could be hiding the next big thing.
Liberté. Égalité?
France has kept its former imperial outposts close – but some feel the distance. Are they happy being a part of the fraternity?
The directory
The only address book you’ll need during your French voyage, covering everything from fresh food markets to convivial cocktail bars.
Not changing tack
Modern technology has little place at Rivierre, France’s last working nail factory. Workers here have faith in traditional ways – and their century-old machines.
Editor’s letter
For our issue devoted to all things French, our editor in chief explains how the page-turner owes its beginnings to some pondering in a Parisian bookshop.
French lessons
From political machinations and getting the hang of thinking like a local to freedom of the press and a love of flirting, our writers reveal what makes France tick.
From Toulouse to French Guiana, France’s aerospace industry still sets the pace
France’s aerospace industry is in rude health – so how do airlines and manufacturers on the ground keep hitting the heights?
Bright future
All but destroyed in the Second World War, the town of Royan took inspiration from Brazil when it rebuilt, swapping drab postwar design for colourful modernism.
Shake a leg
Our ninth annual survey of the nations whose softer tactics are getting results.
Winning Toulouse
Meet the French duo who are showing the fashion world how to do retail – and they’re not even based in Paris.
