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Comment: Anti-French bravado is an embarrassing British anachronism
Columnist Nabila Ramdani notes that the xenophobic jibes now only appear to go one way
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'My language skills mean I am just not funny in French'
Columnist Cynthia Spillman gives advice on how to convey your humour while learning French
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Letters: France's wasteful healthcare system needs a rethink
Reader says it would not be fair to ask people to pay more based on their age
Elderly care in France so good
By the end of next year, I shall be 90.
My wife is younger but going downhill rapidly under the iniquitous effects of Alzheimer’s.
Fortunately, it is French policy to enable sufferers to live in their own environment rather than to be shunted off into wards or institutions.
Daily nurse’s visits and meals on wheels (repas à domicile) – five courses (la France oblige!) are our experience. Vive la France!
TB O’Hara, Maine-et-Loire