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 A Frenchman has found a novel way of mourning his mother, by creating a picnic table out of her tomb, where he now goes to enjoy a glass of wine, a bite to eat and a good old chat. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151103/frenchman-turns-mothers-tomb-into-picnic-table Tue, 03 Nov 2015 16:03:12 +0100 frenchman-turns-mothers-tomb-into-picnic-table A Franco-American journalist was stunned when she spotted a grave marker hologram with her face on it - inscribed with a fake name, date of birth and death - in the window of a funeral parlour. Here's how it happened. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141030/living-womans-face-end-up-on-french-gravemarker Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:43:00 +0100 living-womans-face-end-up-on-french-gravemarker A grief-stricken French widow missed her dead husband so much she brought his ashes home from the family crypt, but she found out the hard way that in doing do she was actually breaking a law in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141023/frenchwoman-guilt-of-pilfering-hubbys-ashes Thu, 23 Oct 2014 14:16:00 +0200 frenchwoman-guilt-of-pilfering-hubbys-ashes