French legends part 1: Beasts and beauty - stories from the north We look at the White Beast of Picardy, an insolent and enchanted stone, a romantic epic and a dragon’s pit in the first of a five-part series
South West France boosted by newcomers The Ancrage Association seeks to document the histories of migrants – including the British – to South West France. Brian McCulloch listens to a talk by its founder Joël Combres (pictured below)
Has Paca region changed name to be Region Sud? HAS the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur – known as ‘Paca’ – changed name to be ‘Région Sud’? It seems unclear. G.B.