The Latest Breaking News from Normandy

Names of two surviving D-day veterans to be put on Portsmouth memorial wall

Stan Ford and John Roberts to have names memorialised as city prepares to mark 80th anniversary of D-day in June

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024

Pete Doherty: his most revealing quotes, as The Libertines rocker is interviewed by Louis Theroux

Once one of indie-rock's most notorious rabble-rousers, Doherty now lives a relatively tranquil existence in Normandy with his wife and daughter

Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2023

David Hockney gets personal: National Portrait exhibition stars friends, family and Harry Styles

Hockney’s Drawing from Life exhibition puts visitors up close and personal with some of the beloved artist’s most important sitters

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023

WW2 soldier who gave his food to French girl in Normandy finally reunited with her 78 years later

Mr Pye, 99, has kept a photo of Huguette in his wallet for 78 years

Wales Online · Nov 18, 2022

A local’s guide to Deauville, France: fine sands, fine dining and a new arts scene

Bookshop owner David Ezvan on market shopping, sea views and nights out on the Normandy coast

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022

'Reluctant hero' veteran who survived D-Day at just 19 years old dies aged 97

Tributes are being paid to Jim Healy, who was just 19 when he guided Allied landing craft onto the Normandy beaches

Manchester Evening News · Sep 1, 2022

Couple snap up entire French village for a petite £22k after living in caravan

Paul Mappley and Yip Ward are now the proud owners of the historic hamlet of La Busliere in Normandy

Wales Online · Jul 28, 2022

Dürer in Birmingham, Hockney in Normandy and a not-so-hot climate crisis show – the week in art

Stunning works from Renaissance grandee Albrecht Dürer, David Hockney’s French spring scenes and the Royal Academy’s dull take on global heating

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022

Pete Doherty on swapping crack for camembert in France: ‘It’s easier to be clean here – even for a scoundrel’

Twenty years after the Libertines’ narcotics-fuelled heyday, has the singer really put the chaos behind him?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2022

US General: Ukraine Will Keep Getting ‘Significant’ Support

The United States and its allies will keep providing "significant" support to Ukraine out of respect for the legacy of D-Day soldiers, whose victory over the Nazis helped lead to a new world order and a "better peace," Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 6, 2022