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Bat hat, wooden leg, coffin bed: Sarah Bernhardt’s wild life offstage
CULTURE

Bat hat, wooden leg, coffin bed: Sarah Bernhardt’s wild life offstage

Paris fire exposes hidden iron holding up Notre-Dame
PARIS

Paris fire exposes hidden iron holding up Notre-Dame

The fire that engulfed Notre-Dame four years ago has revealed a long-hidden secret about the Paris landmark: it was the first Gothic cathedral in which iron staples were used extensively throughout construction.

Out of the shadows: Women in the French Resistance
FRENCH HISTORY

Out of the shadows: Women in the French Resistance

Why does France still have so many WWII bunkers on its coast?
FRENCH HISTORY

Why does France still have so many WWII bunkers on its coast?

FRENCH HISTORY

Three heroines of the French Resistance

Three heroines of the French Resistance
FRENCH HISTORY

Cave in France reveals evidence of first use of bows and arrows in Europe

Cave in France reveals evidence of first use of bows and arrows in Europe
FRENCH HISTORY

De Gaulle’s pro-Kremlin grandson causes unease in France

De Gaulle’s pro-Kremlin grandson causes unease in France
NOTRE DAME

Paris’ Notre-Dame ‘will reopen by end of 2024’

Paris’ Notre-Dame ‘will reopen by end of 2024’
Paris Metro: 5 figures from French history who have stations named after them
PARIS

Paris Metro: 5 figures from French history who have stations named after them

QUIZ: How well do you know France’s presidents?
FRENCH HISTORY

QUIZ: How well do you know France’s presidents?

50 years ago in France: the bizarre saga of Pétain and the body-snatchers
FRENCH HISTORY

50 years ago in France: the bizarre saga of Pétain and the body-snatchers

FRENCH HISTORY

The 200-year-old mystery of Waterloo’s skeletal remains

The 200-year-old mystery of Waterloo’s skeletal remains