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A seat among strangers: four supper clubs redefining communal dining in France, New York, London and Rome
From Provençal farmhouses to Brooklyn backyards, innovative supper clubs are transforming how we eat out, creating intimate gatherings that blend exceptional food with genuine connection.
Grape minds
We meet the dynamic new wave of Burgundy-based winemakers who are doing things a little differently.
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.
Defence Briefing
Vietnam’s surprising purchases from the US, and France’s defence exports have a moment.
Salut, Italie!
Franco-Italian ties are unusually frosty. How far can drinks, diplomacy and a dancefloor go towards warming relations?
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.
The opener
Why frazzled American tourists order fries to go, plus a very Australian political grilling.
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.
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.
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.
