February edition out now

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Highlights this month include:

Brexit

EU 'green card' put forward as a solution as Brexit Day looms
France gears-up for no-deal Brexit
Britons in France will have one year to obtain a residency card if no-deal
Brexit 'a major error' for scientific research in UK and EU

News

What now for France's gilets jaunes?
Many in France feeling pinch despite boost in spending power in 2018
Row over the turrets of Chambord
The promise of a brighter future for autistic young people in France
Organ transplants down for first time in eight years
MP wants it to be obligatory for everyone who take French nationality to also take a French name
Court halts construction of a €32m Beynac bypass after €15m work carried out
More electricity deals available as Linky meters go live in 15m French homes
Buy one get one free' food deals scrapped
The scientists who say you do not have to grow old and sick
Tougher benefits sanctions as job-seekers told to accept less pay
More people living in France's big cities but Paris's population is shrinking

Practical

Must French officials accept English documents?
Can you call pompiers from the UK?
The crucial difference between a diététicien and a nutritionniste
Who owns fallen tree branches if they fall in neighbour's garden?
What does the term 'fiche S' mean?
Make sense of the French Pacs civil partnership system
Safer Internet Day: Families need to sit down and talk about internet time
Old sailing boats get a new life as garden cabins
Pitfalls of buying a ski chalet off-plan
Cataract surgery in France - reader experience
Mythbuster: French universities are not up to scratch

Comment

Why magazine's 'Hitler image' of Macron rightly shocked France
Push for a women's Tour de France gathers pace
Why do Parisian doors lock themselves?
You can't make an omelette without grating a truffle

Money

Sadly, love is not all you need when it comes to inheritance planning
How you can protect your heirs from succession tax
Tax at source is here: all you need to know
Equity release in France: ‘The figures shocked me’
Will taking French nationality affect our tax situation?

Features

Architecture spotlight: The dykes, locks and canals of Marais Poitevin
The very important difference between Art Deco and Art Nouveau
The accidental TV chef who taught France how to love cupcakes
INTERVIEW: The young Briton loving life on a French farm
The reasoning behind setting the price for a bottle of wine
Does lunar planting really work?
INTERVIEW: Award-winning Based on a True Story author Delphine de Vigan
Chef Rory Macdonald reveals what it takes to become a top pâtissier
The only French mustard maker to grow its own seeds
INTERVIEW: Accidental off-gridders who soak up the sun in the south
Jeanne d’Arc – taking the myth out of France’s ageless heroine

+ French themed crosswords and quiz! + Readers' Letters

+ 10 pages of businesses serving English-speakers in France

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