https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed This is the incredible story about the teenage girl who became a symbol of France for the ages. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201224/french-figures-the-true-spirit-of-france Thu, 24 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 french-figures-the-true-spirit-of-france This might be the most French snack there is. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201223/french-figures-the-only-socially-acceptable-street-snack-in-france Wed, 23 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 french-figures-the-only-socially-acceptable-street-snack-in-france In France, having this fruit means you are ready to roll. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201222/french-figures-the-fruit-that-gives-you-an-energy-boost Tue, 22 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 french-figures-the-fruit-that-gives-you-an-energy-boost Why is France so in love with a TV show that seems so fundamentally un-French? https://www.thelocal.fr/20201221/french-figures-the-desert-island-reality-show-france-loves Mon, 21 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 french-figures-the-desert-island-reality-show-france-loves There's a popular stereotype that the French eat snails, although actually it's not as common as you might imagine, but the snail is also key to another aspect of French life - protests. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201220/french-figures-the-creature-that-sparked-a-protest-method Sun, 20 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 french-figures-the-creature-that-sparked-a-protest-method OK, they didn't do it alone, but the masterminds behind the liberation of Paris in 1944 were a Communist married couple with two young children. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201219/french-figures-the-married-couple-who-liberated-paris-from-the-nazis Sat, 19 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 french-figures-the-married-couple-who-liberated-paris-from-the-nazis Most French wines can be drunk any time (although breakfast wine is frowned upon) but there is one that has its own special day. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201218/french-figures-the-wine-that-has-its-own-special-day Fri, 18 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 french-figures-the-wine-that-has-its-own-special-day One of the most controversial pastries in France is so delicious that some might say it is in itself a good enough reason to move here. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201217/french-figures-pain-au-chocolat-or-is-a-chocolatine Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 french-figures-pain-au-chocolat-or-is-a-chocolatine One of the most admired people in France, she is one of the few women buried in the Panthéon and gave her name to a landmark social change. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201216/french-figures-the-auschwitz-survivor-who-championed-frances-abortion-law Wed, 16 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 french-figures-the-auschwitz-survivor-who-championed-frances-abortion-law This might be the only respectable vegetable for some French dishes. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201215/french-figures-the-only-vegetable-allowed-for-raclette Tue, 15 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 french-figures-the-only-vegetable-allowed-for-raclette No matter how much you like fish, you don't want an April one. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201214/french-figures-the-fish-that-pops-up-each-spring Mon, 14 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 french-figures-the-fish-that-pops-up-each-spring In most countries, wardrobes are for hanging up clothes but in France this piece of bedroom furniture has a rather unexpected secondary use. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201213/french-figures-the-furniture-where-you-hide-a-crpe Sun, 13 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 french-figures-the-furniture-where-you-hide-a-crpe French cakes are all pretty good, but only one confers actual (temporary) royalty on those who scoff it. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201212/french-figures-the-cake-makes-that-makes-you-royalty-for-a-day Sat, 12 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 french-figures-the-cake-makes-that-makes-you-royalty-for-a-day One of France's most famous sandwiches originated - so the story goes - when a Paris café ran out of baguettes. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201211/french-figures-the-famous-bistro-sandwich-with-mysterious-origins Fri, 11 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 french-figures-the-famous-bistro-sandwich-with-mysterious-origins Revolutionary, feminist and anarchist icon, Louise Michel is one of the only French women with a Metro station named after her. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201208/france-figures-louise-michel Tue, 08 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 france-figures-louise-michel There's famous and then there's 'first name only' famous - like Jesus, Madonna, Pele . . . and Mercotte. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201207/france-figures-the-countrys-most-famous-judge Mon, 07 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 france-figures-the-countrys-most-famous-judge France is renowned worldwide for its fine cheeses, wine and patisseries. But there is one thing the country goes absolutely mad over, and it's not really French at all. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201206/france-figures-nutella Sun, 06 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 france-figures-nutella Compare French crêpes to regular pancakes and expect to lose a few French friends. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201205/france-figures-crepes Sat, 05 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 france-figures-crepes This love-it-or-hate-it luxury foodstuff has its own season and festival in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201204/france-figures-oyster Fri, 04 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 france-figures-oyster In France these pretty little spring flowers have a political significance too. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201203/france-figures-muget Thu, 03 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100 france-figures-muget