French legends part five: Kings and magic – stories from the centre We end our myths and legends’ series with a look at the middle of France from a mysterious boy, to three unfortunate miners and a land of sorcerers
French legends part four: Bluebeard and bears – stories from the west We continue our myths and legends’ series with a look west to a sunken city, the origins of Bluebeard and the popular tale of John the bear
French legends part three: Devils & dentists – stories from the south We continue our myths and legends’ series with a look south to a devil’s bridge, a healing tooth, two strange creatures and a stone woman
magazine French legends part two: Giants and ghosts – stories from the east We continue our myths and legends’ series with a look east to a mysterious mountain peak, a ghostly lady, a family of giants and a demonic horse
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
Urban myth or true: Is it illegal to call a pig Napoleon in France? The rumour is decades old, we ask an historian if it is really against the law to name a pig after the French emperor
Fire in Brittany’s mythical ‘King Arthur forest’ has been halted A 24-hour blaze in the Forêt de Paimpont, which is linked to legendary tales of King Arthur and Merlin, has been contained