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Male penises are never totally tamed. No matter how we try to teach them refined behavior and nice manners, they have a habit of remaining w...

Environmental activists draw attention to the mortal sin (to borrow a good old Roman Catholic concept) of destroying rain forests as in the...

Oscar-winner Jean Dujardin in the role of Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath , aka OSS 117, a very French but less-than-brilliant spy at the ti...

I'm not sure what this dual movie—apparently produced by the SNCF (national French railway system)—is supposed to prove… because I didn...

Everybody in France has heard of the Concours Lépine , which has become part of popular (people-oriented) French culture. Started in 1901, i...

French drivers have grown accustomed to the ubiquitous presence of automatic radar devices that catch speeders. Road-users have reacted by p...

I don't usually include French-language videos in my blog, but this one is a must, and you don't need to understand French to apprec...

Last week, Natacha phoned to suggest that I might watch a TV evening on Corsica . Although she has always lived in her native Provence, Nat...

The excellent French weekly L'Express has assembled a list of the best French quotes of 2008 [ display ] . Not all of them can be trans...

Young readers of my blog won't recognize the allusion to an archaic Cole Porter musical comedy whose hit song declared—for reasons that...

Soon, in France, our automobiles will have to carry, in the trunk, a red plastic triangle and a fluorescent vest. This promotional photo fea...

As everywhere, far too many adolescents get into a rut these days, here in France, for one reason or another, or often for multiple reasons,...

Without Yves Saint Laurent , France is a little more naked than usual. Talking of nakedness, recall the magnificent statement of this gay gu...

There's no doubt about it: the prohibition of smoking in French cafés and restaurants, as of next Wednesday, is likely to be a gigantic ...

This blurry but otherwise charming family photo was taken over a quarter of a century ago by a little boy. Today, if you visit the website o...

Whereas France is hosting the world cup in rugby, the nation's most popular individual is a soccer star: Zinédine Zidane . For those of ...