Bayeux tapestrymania has gripped Britain. But what does it say about our own age of war and upheaval? | Charlotte Higgins

The tapestry is drawing crowds to the British Museum – and each person who sees it will draw...

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The Guardian view on art heists: don’t believe the Hollywood hype | Editorial

Audacious robberies are a staple of popular culture. But for museums, crimes like this week’s...

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‘A fierce need to be independent’: Gerda Taro biopic pulls photographer out of lover Robert Capa’s shadow

Film premieres at Venice as researchers question who took famous Spanish civil war shot of...

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Francophiles, Norman outfits and broken threads: visitors see Bayeux tapestry in UK for first time

Visitors got a first glimpse of the medieval artefact after it went on display at the British...

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La Femme Infidèle review – Chabrol’s eerie domestic thriller is a brilliant ballet of repression and fear

Claude Chabrol’s 1969 film charts a complex marriage in which a husband suspects his wife is...

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A constipated baby and a kid that looks like Boris Johnson: why would anyone bother stealing a Renoir?

The chocolate boxiest of all the impressionists has long had his haters – even Manet thought...

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Just an Illusion review – Louis Garrel and Camille Cottin sizzle as an 80s couple in crisis

The directing duo behind uplifting mega-hit Intouchables return for this heartwarming coming-of-age...

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Artworks stolen from Renoir museum on French Riviera in latest art heist

Thieves took four artworks but dropped one as they fled, says mayor of southern town of...

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French winemakers forecast 30-year low harvest after severe drought and heat

Estimates suggest drop in production with vineyards also concerned ‘smoke taint’ from...

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We’re the mayors of Paris, Milan and Phoenix. The heat crisis has us all facing the same question | Emmanuel Grégoire, Giuseppe Sala and Kate Gallego

Our three cities are learning from each other about how to protect residents. These climate...

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French thriller Jupiter brings nuclear anxiety to red carpets of Venice

Director Alexandre Smia says film about Russia detonating nuclear warhead – and US refusing...

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Why the Bayeux tapestry and Franco-British relations are natural bedfellows

Tapestry’s loan to UK is just another chapter in the love-hate relationship that has spanned...

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15/18 A Place to Heal review – heartfelt docu-realist study of a French teen psychiatric facility

Venice film festivalDirector Cédric Kahn combines compassion with coolly detailed forensic...

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Weather tracker: More extreme rain in Japan and a tornado in France

Flash flooding and mudslides in Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, while convective storms hit...

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From maligned second city to Insta magnet: Marseille isFrance’s new capital of overtourism

This summer has been a tipping point. But it’s not too late to save what makes this place...

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De Gaulle: Résistance review – a galloping bromance for Churchill and France’s wartime hero

This biopic of the great Gallic general – which culminates at Bir Hakeim, in advance of a...

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French Sunday and the Italian month off | Brief letters

The antidote to a French Monday | August on holiday | School dinners | Dance-hall don’tsAs I...

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‘Parisians out!’: why the French have had enough of French tourists

As holidaymakers descend on Brittany this summer, trebling the population of some villages and...

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How growing up in ‘Chemical Valley’ inspired lawyer to sue industry she used to work for

Hélène Duguy is taking on companies accused of failing to stop Pfas pollution in the...

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Marine Le Pen's career has been resurrected – and she is a bigger threat than ever | Mujtaba Rahman

No longer banned from next year’s presidential election, Le Pen is a far more formidable...

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Ukraine war briefing: Macron focuses on delivery of missile interceptors as Russian attacks intensify

French president is working on European alternatives to US Patriot missile system and expresses...

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From tourism to power generation and productivity, Europe feels economic cost of heatwaves

Low river levels have stalled German freight traffic and forced closure of nuclear plants in...

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‘The spirit of resistance’: De Gaulle biopic turns into surprise hit for France’s younger viewers

Historians argue box office enthusiasm shows desire for unifying figure as country faces political...

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‘In the heatwaves, it’s crucial’: the fight to save France’s rural swimming pools

Ageing facilities offering daily refuge face funding threat as record temperatures parch the...

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Energy nationalism and interconnectors: the next power threat? | Nils Pratley

Solar eclipses are far easier to manage than Europe’s cross-border electricity politicsIn the...

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