The “right to an account” , ‘le droit au compte’, ensures everyone’s right to have access to a bank account. But how does it work? What are the conditions? Click for the lowdown!
The painting, now hanging in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, famously shocked the bourgeois society of his time.
Romer Kitching joins the long line of painters inspired by Céret
As we locked the car, a couple pushed past us.
Test your French with a giggle: le gendarme à la ferme. See if you can understand what happens when the gendarme gets too big for his boots at the farm
Travelling on the left was actually made official in 1300 AD, when Pope Boniface VIII decreed that pilgrims to Rome should keep left.
Can you find the English equivalent of these ‘faux amis’?
A complémentaire santé (or mutuelle, the old fashioned way of saying the same thing) is a policy which reimburses medical costs not covered by the Social Security.
Notaire’s fees are payable on all property purchases in France. What are they and how can you work out how much they will be?
Using proverbs in your French conversation won’t necessarily make you sound like a native but they’re good to know and can be useful.