Culture A Brief History of Weird, Exotic Pets in France Gérard de Nerval kept a pet lobster named Thibault, that he walked around Paris on a blue silk leash...pourquoi pas?
Culture Parisians Leaving Paris —Meet Jenn, a Digital Nomad Now Based in Biarritz "Social media has led to something I would call a new type of consumption: the comparison with others."
Culture 10 More Inventions You Had No Idea Were French The ingenuity of the French is not to be denied.
Culture 10 Inventions You Had No Idea Were French French fries didn't make the list, and the reason may surprise you...
Books The Most Stunning Literary Homes in France These beautiful buildings are brimming with French literary history.
Culture Le Weekend, 1/28/22: Cloaks, Daggers, Chickens & China ?? Sign up for Le Weekend at Frenchly.us.
Fashion Adieu, André Leon Talley To say André Leon Talley wrote about fashion is like saying Picasso painted a few pictures.
Music On The Eve of Release: Stromae’s New Album, Multitude Stromae's new single, "L’Enfer," or, "Hell," was released on January 9th and provoked a tsunami of reactions because of its topic: suicidal thoughts and depression.
Culture Le Weekend, 1/21/22: Algeria, Escaping Le Confinement & a Bodega in Brooklyn ?? Award-winning author Caitlin Shetterly writes a newsletter every Friday for Frenchly. Sign up to get it every week!
Culture Escape From Le Confinement My illicit excursions (“Your papers, please”) reminded me of the French experience of life under the German occupation in World War II.
Film & TV Tribute to Actor Gaspard Ulliel On January 18th, 2022, French actor, Gaspard Ulliel, had a fatal skiing accident in the department of Savoie, in the French Alps.