Profiles

Connexion journalists profile the people making the news or doing interesting things in France.

Mimie Mathy: French TV star who turned disability into a driving force

She may be virtually unknown outside of France but outspoken Mimie continues to be one of the country’s best-loved actresses

Frédéric Chopin: the short life of a musical genius

Frédéric Chopin, 39, in 1849; his grave in Paris

We discover the man behind the piano compositions - a child prodigy, Polish émigré and an unconventional love life

British man walking from Cheshire to Eiffel Tower for charity

MichalKrata / Shutterstock / Henry Moore / GoogleMaps

The 21-year-old said: ‘I want to help people who cannot afford Christmas’

American returns 68 years on to French town that helped him after WWII

He told The Connexion he met a childhood friend on the visit to the south of France where his family began to rebuild their lives on release from a Nazi labour camp

TV couple who bought French hamlet open gite in a horsebox

The couple, who feature in the UK Channel 4 show Help! We Bought a Village, are rebuilding hamlet they bought for €26,000 in Normandy

$193bn: how did this French businessman get so rich?

Bernard Arnault frequently beats Elon Musk to ‘world’s richest man’ title, we look at his complex relationship with France and what he owns

Fifth book for Perry Taylor whose images feature in The Connexion

The Anglo-Gascon artist’s work is known for its affectionate look at French life – and its ducks and berets

From Nazi war camp survivor to fêted anti-poverty campaigner in France

Simone Veil: a force for good, for women, for France, for all

We reveal how this formidable woman used her political career to fight for the underdog

The man behind the French film classic ‘Jean de Florette’

Jean de Florette poster; Aubagne countryside

Marcel Pagnol told extraordinary stories about ordinary people against the backdrop of his beloved Provençal countryside

Did you know? Football fans have French to thank for World Cup

How two Frenchmen founded one of the most popular sports competitions in the world

How a French watchmaker became the father of modern stage magic

Magicians Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin and Zatanna

France is seen as the birthplace of conjuring thanks to a 19th century watchmaker from Blois

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