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Wine

Grape minds

We meet the dynamic new wave of Burgundy-based winemakers who are doing things a little differently.

  • Issue #127
  • 10 min read
Two men in sunglasses stand among rows of green grapevines in a Burgundy vineyard under cloudy skies
Politics

Team culture

After decades dodging the issue of art looted by the Nazis, France has set up a new mission to find the heirs to thousands of works that have lain unclaimed.

  • Issue #127
  • 3 min read
Team culture
Defence

Defence Briefing

Vietnam’s surprising purchases from the US, and France’s defence exports have a moment.

  • Issue #126
  • 4 min read
Brazil's Força Aérea Brasileira KC-390 military transport aircraft with Brazilian flag and crew member visible at open door.
Diplomacy

Salut, Italie!

Franco-Italian ties are unusually frosty. How far can drinks, diplomacy and a dancefloor go towards warming relations?

  • Issue #126
  • 11 min read
Two Italian carabinieri officers in formal dress uniforms looking upward at French embassy celebration
Business

Testing times

What happens if all commutes are free? Or you make young people do national service? Or even pay people for doing nothing at all? We find out.

  • Issue #126
  • 8 min read
Testing times
Affairs

The opener

Why frazzled American tourists order fries to go, plus a very Australian political grilling.

  • Issue #125
  • 6 min read
The opener
Travel and restaurants

Destination: Bordeaux

After decades of decline, a museum celebrating the French city’s love of wine, markets offering fresh seafood and canny commercial investment have transformed the once-seedy banks of the Garonne.

  • Issue #125
  • 6 min read
Hands holding seafood and wine glasses at an outdoor waterside meal in Bordeaux.
Fashion

Time for a fresh look

Meet the young fashion designers of Biarritz who are determined that their town should trade on more than a storied reputation.

  • The Escapist #1
  • 11 min read
Time for a fresh look
Entertaining

Bread winners

It is integral to French identity but sales of bread are falling and eating habits are changing. We meet the flour-flecked folk offering crumbs of comfort with an artisanal approach.

  • Issue #121
  • 14 min read
Bread winners

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