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Kiran Desai’s surname was familiar to the world of literature when her second novel, The Inheritance of Loss, won the Man Booker Prize in 2006. Her mother, Anita Desai, was already an accomplished novelist, who had been nominated for the Booker three times. The Inheritance of Loss was hailed as…

In pursuit of fabulous food, fashionable boutiques — and fun for all the family, Prudence Ivey headed to Paris. Here’s your guide to nailing your visit with a little one in tow

Benard Tapie is the subject of a new Netflix series, ‘Class Act’, which dramatizes his life. Actor Laurent Lafitte, director Tristan Seguéla, and screenwriter Olivier Demangel speak to Clémence Michallon

This engrossing adaptation of Balzac's novel shows that threats to journalistic integrity have always been around

Letters from great French writers of the 19th century such as Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, Stendhal, Gustave Flaubert, George Sand, Charles Baudelaire and Paul Verlaine, will be auctioned tomorrow, Thursday 9 June.

Benjamin Voisin and Cécile de France star in a superb costume coming-of-age story for the Netflix generation