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Around France over the Christmas period, French shoppers fill their baskets with Corsican clementines. We meet a passionate producer

Thank you to readers who shared their photographs with us. Our favourites win a Connexion 2023 France wall calendar 

How the simple sea wading activity went from healthy exercise to a recognised sport in France and beyond

Our brains may be slower but there are surprising advantages to learning a second language later in life, discovers Gillian Harvey

We look at the euphemisms employed by the French transport industry to announce delays and problems

From snober to footing, we have a bon feeling that you’ll enjoy reading these

Pastry chefs for the teams had ten hours to come up with 42 desserts on the theme of climate change

Vigneron Jonathan Hesford looks at why regulating grapes on a bunch is so crucial for French wine producers

The creamy blue ‘Fourme d’Ambert’ is lovingly made by these third generation dairy farmers

A dislike of subtitles or dubbing in the US and UK means some French films get recreated in English – for better or worse

The Fête de l’Ours now takes place in just three villages in south-west France each February, and celebrates the end of winter

We look at the display celebrating brave Parisian women who fought for women’s rights in France

The expert behind it claims urgent action is required or the species will be almost extinct in France within a few years

Four packs are said to be living in the Calanques national park. A wolf was also filmed two weeks ago in Brittany

Visit Jardin du Bois Marquis, near Lyon, to see a garden tailor-made for colder months

Answer - they are all new entries in the Guinness World Records Book. Read on to see what else has been added

Zarafa generated ‘giraffemania’ in France, leading to many giraffe-based artistic outpourings which continued to recent times

Discover the temperature-driven rivalries between Mouthe and neighbouring villages in this frostbitten part of Doubs, France, where wolves threaten farmers’ livelihoods

Merlan was developed by international architects after World War Two to provide affordable housing to families dispossessed by bombing

Zoo de l’Orangerie in Strasbourg has been given a new lease of life by Freaks Architecture, but the zoo is being increasingly criticised by animal rights groups

This French firm are hoping to fly high in the airborne transport industry... and they are recruiting!

We read recent releases with a link to France. To be fair, each gets 20 minutes’ reading time

New products, designs and ideas from around France

A sausage guillotine, spices, slips... a selection of French gifts to send to your loved ones in the UK