France: Vive la difference?

The only woman in Ealing Southall

Affordable homes are a Green priority, not endlessly cramming in new “executive” flats

What is French for "twunt"?

I have been sacked for blogging. My "slices of Paris life" aren't racy or controversial - but I did admit I might have taken a duvet day in 2005 . . .

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The days of grandeur are over

Whoever wins France's presidential elections will enjoy more power than any other western leader. Expect big changes in foreign policy, from America to Africa

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France: Vive la différence?

French voters go to the polls in two weeks in search of change but fearful of its consequences. Gérard Grunberg, who introduces our special report, wonders if any of the candidates has what it takes to lead the country out of its crisis

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We don't need your foreign models

Jacques Attali says France must modernise but not copy others

New Huguenots with a love of danger

Agnès Poirier explains why so many French have moved to London

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Lyons: City of outsiders

Beneath the civilised, bourgeois exterior of the "gateway to the south" lie the sharpest racial and social divisions in France. By Andrew Hussey Photographs by Nick Danziger

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Lost youth

Young French people are deeply frustrated by lack of opportunity and a lack of respect from their parents' generation.

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The last auteur

Director Bruno Dumont talks about the decline of art-house cinema in France and explains how he doesn't "give a toss" about French viewers

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Living colour

TTC are the latest hip-hop sensation in Paris. French rap has got its groove back, they tell Dan Hancox