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The ongoing strike of garbage collectors in France shows us why we try so hard to hide how much garbage we throw out. As trash piles up in the streets, philosopher Gaspard Koenig reminds us that it wouldn't be so hard to recycle and compost more of it.

Caesar, Attila the Hun and Charlemagne have impacted the history of Metz, the capital of the Lorraine region of North-East France. Read on for more on how to spend a weekend in the city...

Bordeaux 2018 revisited: Saint-Emilion 17th March, 2021 by Colin Hay In the first of a series of appellation profiles to be published over the next few months, our Bordeaux correspondent, Colin Hay, revisits the 2018 vintage in Saint-Emilion, providing an overview of the appellation in this challenging, heterogeneous yet potentially excellent vintage, and detailed tasting notes on 179 wines. His ...