Further to my blog post from May 2012 - France: Paris' Trouser Law - comes this update from BBC News : The French government has ov...

From the Washington Post : A roaring fireplace, a warm bed, some wine and little pastries welcomed people to La Bastille. This was no charmi...

From the New York Times : A stroll through any Paris neighborhood will bear out a trend that has already made it into official statistics. M...

From the New York Times : The French Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill barring women from wearing the full facial veil anywhe...

From Time : The question is as horrifying as it is important to ask: Why are a rising number of French women killing their newborn babies? F...

From the Telegraph : Couples who insult each other over their physical appearance or make false accusations about infidelity face jail, unde...

From the Telegraph : The curious rule was first introduced in late 1799 by Paris' police chief, and stipulated than any Parisienne wishi...

From AFP : Muslim women who wear the full Islamic veil in France will face a possible 750-euro (1,000-dollar) fine, according to a draft bil...

Some upcoming and recently publications on the various aspects of and events in English history and medieval history: Reassessing Anglo-Saxo...

From the International Herald Tribune : "A French court has jailed a Pakistani man for 20 years for setting his ex-girlfriend alight af...

Saturday saw the passing of noted anthropologist, Germaine Tillion. From Yahoo News: " French Feminist Anthropologist Germaine Tillion ...

Hmm ...... this novel of medieval France by Fiona Avery is a hard one to categorise. Okay - it is basically a story of the early life of St...

The blurb on the back of Deryn Lake's book reads as thus: "... a meaty dish of lust and medieval intrigue..." The main focus o...