Staff Writer Isabelle Watts recounts life as an English-speaking au pair in France, and explores the wide-ranging effects of cross-Channel attitudes to bilingualism.

Drawing on a wealth of primary materials from the Middle Ages and an array of secondary literature, Staff Writer Jude Jones explores the how the body of Christ is fundamentally queer in an eloquent and sophisticated piece.

Columnist Martha Leggett discusses the legacy left by female-only salons in French literary culture.

Staff Writer Frey Delap explores the strained relationship between France and its former colonies in North Africa, questioning whether political actions can ever truly influence cultural attitudes.

‘Instead, Ciotti might realise too late that he was never Hercules, but Sisyphus.’ Staff Writer Jensen Hawkes explores whether or not Éric Ciotti can become a leader in French politics.

In the second instalment of his musings on the wider reach of ‘International Klein Blue’, staff writer Jude Jones explores how the works of Australian artist Gordon Bennett offer a different angle to artistic reactions to ‘IKB’; and brings to light the perspective certain artworks can bring to contemporary crises.

Staff writer Alexandra Macpherson explores how the legacies of some controversial artists and authors can affect the way their work is viewed today, asking whether we can- or should- separate the artist from their art.

In a beautifully-written and moving piece, staff writer Jude Jones explores the legacy of Parisian author Guillaume Dustan, famous for his open rejection of contemporary taboos surrounding seropositivity and the queer community in the 1990s.

Staff Writer Jude Jones eloquently imagines an exchange between filmmaker Derek Jarman and artist Yves Klein, through the latter's 'International Klein Blue'.

Jensen Hawkes explores Marine Le Pen and wider French politics, warning his readers to not underestimate her and her party’s capability of winning the 2027 French presidential election.

Staff Writer Jude Jones offers a raw and moving account of the life and works of Hervé Guibert, highlighting the author’s fight against HIV stigma in late-twentieth century France.

In light of the landmark 2021 decision of the French Administrative Court, recognising the French government’s failure in tackling the climate emergency, Jamilya Bertram calls for more action to protect French society and identity from the climate crisis’s devasting effects.

In this moving creative piece, Vincent de Piedmont challenges the boundaries between the human and material through his emotional exploration of the bicycle.

Daphne Pleming reviews the album ‘Nonante-cinq’ by Angèle, exploring the way she expresses Belgian identity through her melancholic and diverse music.

Have you ever wondered which Mitski song best encapsulates the psycho-sexual melodrama of Madame Bovary? If you answered yes then I hate you but you're welcome to read this column nonetheless - though, you're on thin ice.

Columnist Miruna Tiberiu explores in her column ‘La Quête Queer’ queer life and culture in France. In her second article for the column, she writes on her re-evaluation of Simone de Beauvoir as a queer figure, looking into the often overlooked passages on lesbians in her seminal ‘Le Deuxième Sexe’.

In the first instalment of her column, Helena Pruszewicz traces French feminism back to its roots- revolution- and analyses the égalité achieved in the ensuing period

In this article, Laetitia Maurat writes on the popular French app, ‘Elyze’, as it helps to bridge the gap between France’s youth and politics in the light of the upcoming presidential elections.