The Local France

'Hot men' on Paris Metro go viral on Instagram

Tue, 24 Feb 2015 18:56:00 +0100

A new Instagram account is quickly going viral in France for its voyeuristic snapshots of "handsome" Parisian men riding the Metro.

Infidelity in France: 'One in two Frenchmen cheat'

Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:03:00 +0100

While many in France will lambast François Hollande for how he has run the country, most it seems are not in a position to criticize him over his private life with a new survey published on Tuesday showing that one in two Frenchmen cheat and infidelity among both sexes is on the rise.

Booze and cigs 'harm women more than men'

Tue, 28 May 2013 10:32:00 +0200

It appears that men and women are not equal when it comes to booze and fags. The results of a French study, released on Tuesday, revealed women who drink and smoke faced a disproportional risk to their health compared to men.

Hero of French fathers, or 'macho misogynist'?

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:56:00 +0100

A desperate, loving father kept from his son, or a manipulative, abusive attention-seeker? Either way, it was impossible to ignore his dramatic four-day protest in Nantes from Friday to Monday. Meet Serge Charnay, our French Face of the Week.

Culture-jammer or neo-dandy, meet post-metrosexual man

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:18:00 +0100

A Paris-based trends consultancy has been defining what tomorrow's man will look like, from culture-jamming youths wired into a networked world, to neo-dandies or take-it-slow types.