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Cannes is a beautiful, gruelling circus. I wouldn’t quit it for anything

The festival is a celebration of cinema and a frantic trade show all at once. After 25 years, I can’t help but go back, says critic Agnès Poirier

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The Epstein scandal has punctured all the age-old myths about the French elite

Suddenly, venerable figures presumed immune to sordid compromise have been exposed – although some have shown that moral courage is possible, says political commentator Agnès Poirier

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The Louvre is the pride of France – and it’s on the verge of collapse. Can we rescue it in time?

From a jewel heist to crumbling galleries, it’s been a dire year for the world’s most visited museum. At least France has woken up to its predicament, says political commentator Agnès Poirier

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A glorious lineage, or an expensive disaster? Paris is at war over 300 wild rabbits

The animals that inspired Rodin and fed the French resistance may soon be banished from Les Invalides – but not if protesters have anything to do with it, says Agnès Poirier, a political commentator, writer and critic

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The moment that electrified France – and could push forward abortion rights around the world

Some had grumbled it was mere politicking from Macron, yet enshrining the right to abortion felt like a rare moment of unity, says journalist Agnès Poirier

The Guardian - UK

This silly ‘short hair’ row tells us much more about my country than any Miss France contestant

The fuss over Eve Gilles’ gamine coiffure is bizarre in a nation that is supposed to celebrate femininity in all its forms, says critic and writer Agnès Poirier

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Like the rest of France, I couldn’t wait for Ridley Scott’s Napoleon. Then I actually saw it

I took my seat expecting a masterful take on French history. Instead, we got an industrial-grade sex-and-battles disaster, says critic and writer Agnès Poirier

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Vive le Roi! France has welcomed King Charles as though Brexit never happened

The warm state visit should remind both nations of the closeness they once shared – and could do again, says Agnès Poirier, a political commentator, writer and critic

The Guardian - UK

How is Queen Elizabeth’s death – and Britain – now seen from abroad? Our panel reports

The world is watching as the country comes to terms with the end of an era and the start of an uncertain future

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Gérard Depardieu profile: he’s ‘the best and worst of France’

He once downed 14 bottles of wine and counted Putin as a pal. With his new film out, what are we – and the French – to make of him?

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Political, provocative and preposterous: why Cannes is a ‘cathedral of cinema’

The French cultural institution, which turns 75 this year, has always been a battle between radicalism and elitism – but that’s what makes it so essential

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