Joyeux Noël from La Résidence!

Petit Papa Noël (Little Santa Claus) sung by the incomparable Tino Rossi

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Vodafone France offer advice

... on what to do if you find yourself on a plane next to Emanuelle Béart



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Le singe est dans l'arbre (the monkey is in the tree)

Learning French is made easy by Eddie Izzard (from his show Dress to Kill 1999)

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Downtime on the Western Front

As Remembrance Day approaches once again, an exhibition of recently-unearthed photographs shows everyday life on the Western Front nearly a century ago. The photos of allied servicemen were originally taken by a French couple in northern France and sold as postcards to soldiers during World War I.

The exhibition itself is in Australia, but you can see a slideshow preview here.

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Wrong number!

A woman in south-west France, who received a telephone bill of nearly 12 quadrillion euros, has had the real amount she owed waived - after the company admitted its mistake.

Solenne San Jose, from Pessac outside Bordeaux, said she received a huge shock when she opened the bill for 11,721,000,000,000,000 euros...



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Adieu Edouard Leclerc

British tourists heading through France often pause to stock up at one of the giant hypermarkets bearing the name E Leclerc, which have sprung up on the edge of almost every French town. Edouard Leclerc gave up his ambitions to become a priest and opened his first grocery shop in Brittany in 1949...


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French Royalty Topless!

As a riposte to French magazine Closer's scandalous recent publication, La Residence brings you France's most famous topless royal...... Marie Antoinette!

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The Journalist, the President, his Partner and his Ex......

The complicated love life of French President Francois Hollande is examined in the book, Between Two Fires - Entre Deux Feux, looking at the rivalry between his partner and ex-wife.
Previous presidents would not have faced such public scrutiny of their private affairs.

Journalist Pierre Haski, who co-founded the Rue 89 news website, said the allegations about former potential candidate Dominique Strauss Kahn "broke this whole status quo in France and opened the door for investigations into private lives when they have political consequences".

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9747000/9747391.stm

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Prends un tic-tac (have a tic-tac)

A very funny ad currently on French tv....

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Vive Bradley Wiggins!

As we wait patiently for gold medal success at the olympics, let's revisit some British sporting glory earlier this summer.

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Mind the jellyfish!

Scientists and officials in the French Riviera will soon be launching a website to tell beach-goers where they may face a risk of a jellyfish sting.

Analysis of water mass and plankton levels helps to predict jellyfish movement along the coastline.

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La Barbe: France's bearded feminists

A group of French feminists has found a new way to fight inequality - with sarcastic humour and fake beards...

Colette Coffin unzipped her handbag and pulled out a small piece of artificial fur. "This is my speaking beard," she explains.
"I've got a much bushier one but this has a wider hole so I can talk without getting too much fluff in my mouth."

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Philately will get you everywhere

The US and French postal services have joined forces in order to pay tribute to the music legends Edith Piaf and Miles Davis.

The United States Postal Service and La Poste of France have released joint commemorative stamps to honour the careers of the two accomplished musicians. It is only the second time the two countries have released postage stamps together, with the set to be used on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Vive la reine!

 ... or why the republican French love Liz...

the BBC's David Chazan investigates

(view of a French ship which took part in the jubilee pageant)

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Le rosbif...

For centuries, the French have derided English cuisine - now a celebrity Paris butcher is promoting British beef!

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A May Day French Anthem

Serge Gainsbourg's reggae version of the Marseillaise infuriated France's far right when it was released. Especially for Marine LePen - here it is again!

The Donzy weathervane

The French village that predicts results of presidential elections...

 

Ahead of the official count, BBC correspondent Christian Fraser travelled to the village of Donzy in Burgundy, which has a remarkable record in predicting the final results.

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Je dis, je dis, je dis...

French presidential hopeful Francois Hollande has been described as an unlikely comedian

 

When Francois Hollande decided to run in this year's presidential race he made two promises. The first was to lose weight. The second was to give up cracking jokes.

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Ear protectors

...from our favourite ex-pat cartoonist Perry Taylor

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French WWII resistance hero Raymond Aubrac dies aged 97

Raymond Aubrac told the BBC recently that his arrest had been a shock but not a surprise
 

 

One of the leading figures of the French resistance against the Nazis, Raymond Aubrac, has died aged 97, his family says. His daughter said he had died at Val de Grace military hospital in Paris on Tuesday evening. Raymond Aubrac and his late wife Lucie became important members of Jean Moulin's underground Resistance movement in 1942.

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