A primetime TV talent show each summer selects the nation’s most idyllic village. But in Saint-Antoine-l’Abbaye, not everyone is happy ...

F our years ago, I moved to Languedoc, South West France, almost on a whim, because I fell in love with a crumbling old house on a pretty port in the village where my husband and ...

How to Save Rural FranceBut rural France has been changing for years. François Purseigle, an expert in rural sociology and an agriculture professor at the National Polytechnic Institute of ...

Rural French culture shock is no myth. From Sunday-closing shops to a pace of life that’s the opposite of American go-go, getting along is more than a dictionary.

Marking the 150th. anniversary of Jean-François Millet's death the National Gallery has dedicated this free exhibition to the ...