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 London-based French blogger Muriel Demarcus offers some tips for how to love like a like a French woman. WARNING: You might have to change your nightwear. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170920/five-tips-on-how-to-love-like-a-french-woman Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:00:30 +0200 five-tips-on-how-to-love-like-a-french-woman She used to see France as a paradise, but three years on, it's sadly all changed for one American blogger. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160803/why-i-fell-out-of-love-with-france Wed, 03 Aug 2016 12:47:38 +0200 why-i-fell-out-of-love-with-france France has nothing to fear from the "Uberisation" of its economy, it's just a sign of progress and hope," writes Martin Dixon, a director of the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160209/france-uber-uberisation-taxis-economy-reform Tue, 09 Feb 2016 09:42:56 +0100 france-uber-uberisation-taxis-economy-reform How different really is France to your home country? Often it's the small things that matter. Our guest blogger Christopher Cooley, based in Bordeaux, has picked out a few of the things that have caught his eye, beyond the shape of the bread and the price of the wine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150224/france-strange-differences-blog-expats-french Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:49:00 +0100 france-strange-differences-blog-expats-french France based blogger Ameena Gorton, who is behind the Mummy in Provence website, writes about her experience of breastfeeding in France and the near "shock" it provoked as well as the infamous "re-education" of the perineum, which comes free of charge. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141007/breast-is-definitely-not-best-in-france Tue, 07 Oct 2014 18:10:00 +0200 breast-is-definitely-not-best-in-france The report of a French father being fined for spanking his child, despite the act not being illegal, caused a stir in France this month and raised questions about the differences in parenting styles between France and Anglo countries. Guest blogger Cordelia Newlin de Rojas looks at the issue. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131028/french-kids-discipline-not-down-to-spanking Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:03:00 +0100 french-kids-discipline-not-down-to-spanking Are the French developing a secret fondness for British cuisine? And will they ever admit it? Paris-based blogger Naomi Firsht explores this spikey issue in the first of a new series that will see The Local France team up with some of the many talented bloggers in France, as they share their musings on life in our adopted country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131023/british-cuisine-french-france-fish-chips-paris-british-food-bashing Wed, 23 Oct 2013 18:21:00 +0200 british-cuisine-french-france-fish-chips-paris-british-food-bashing