Launched in 1883 by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, a hotel and travel logistics company, the Orient Express was the very first luxury international train, traveling from Paris to ...

“Action stations, 0430 hours, the last coffee before France. The night is drawing to an end, we are stunned by the sight of everything around us. An armada stretches as far as the eye can see, ...

Visitors will be struck as they arrive at the château in the Périgord Noir region. The layers of early-morning mist still hang over the tall towers, designed in fifteenth-century Renaissance and ...

France-Amérique: You write that Rousseau’s The Social Contract (1762) had a significant influence on the Founding Fathers of the United States. How did they discover Rousseau’s work? Leo Damrosch: ...

The Great Cat Massacre on the Rue Saint-Séverin was, in the words of the perpetrators, “the funniest thing that ever happened at Jacques Vincent’s printing works.” The episode took place in the Latin ...

“The change was sparked by the French television industry realizing how important it was to develop their screenwriting,” says François Truffart, director of the Colcoa French Film Festival, which ...

France-Amérique: In your experience, what defines French and American work cultures? Sabine Landolt and Agathe Laurent: Work culture in the United States is characterized by its flexibility and ...

France-Amérique: The Americans worship their Constitution, yet the French do not. Which of the two is right? Alain Juppé: The relationship with the Constitution is vastly different on either side of ...

French players Victor Wembanyama (left) and Bilal Coulibaly on the day they were drafted into the NBA, June 22, 2023. © Brian Babineau/NBAE/Getty Images The lunch ...

It may seem obvious, but being Francophone means speaking French. However, the word is not as old as we might think. It first appeared in 1880 in writings by geographer Onésime Reclus (1837- 1916), ...

Eugene Bullard in his French aviator uniform, Paris, July 4, 1917. © Agence Rol/Bibliothèque nationale de France At the French War Veterans’ section of Flushing ...

Juliette Gréco and Miles Davis in Paris, May 1949. © Jean-Philippe Charbonnier/Rapho Juliette Gréco was 22, the muse of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, when she set eyes ...