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Articles by subject: France

Saint for all seasons (by Sally Feldman, May/June 2012 )
The front runners are men, but could a woman born more than half a millennium ago hold the key to the French elections? asks Sally Feldman
Our man in Marseille (by Matthew Adams, March/April 2012 )
In his uncategorisable writing and brilliant television essays Jonathan Meades is forever peering into the nooks and crannies of our absurd age. Matthew Adams runs him to ground in his modernist hideaway to poke into his private places
Freedom's foghorn (by Roger Davidson, May/June 2009 )
Happy Birthday Tom Paine: Jan 29. Here's something we prepared earlier...Roger Davidson marks the 200th anniversary of the passing of Tom Paine, an inspirational ego
Writing on the wall (by Daniel Miller, May/June 2008 )
Henri Lefebvre, the theoretician of the Paris uprising of 1968, saw that society’s most profound truths were etched on everyday life, discovers Daniel Miller
Forced to be free (by Joan W Scott, March/April 2008 )
France’s ban on headscarves was hailed as a victory for secularism. But, argues Joan W Scott, its political roots are more sinister
Editorial: L'Etat, c'est quoi? (by Frank Jordans, January/February 2004 )
Jacques Chirac certainly picks his fights
Le Pen - Reflections from an Expatriate in Westminster (by Laure Thomas, Summer 2002 )
Laure Thomas, a researcher for Dr Evan Harris, MP, reflects on the shock Le Pen vote from the perspective of a French woman.
Film review: The Class (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, March 2009)
This acclaimed story of a year in a Paris classroom captures school life brilliantly, says Fred Rowson
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