On August 23, 1949, the De Grasse set sail from New York Harbor. Regular ocean crossings for civilians had just resumed the previous year on Liberty ships refurbished for tourists, and the departure ...

Long before "Under the Tuscan Sun," Peter Mayle took us on a journey to an unknown world. Mayle sold his London advertising agency and purchased a villa in Provence. Since his first detailed account ...

French taster sessions have been put on for businesses by the States as the number of people arriving from St Malo booms. There was a 121% increase in passengers arriving into the island from the ...

Through a reading of Alice Kaplan's memoir, French Lessons, this essay explores the dynamics of loss and attachment within learning, teaching, and intellectual history. Drawing on psychoanalytic ...

Louisiana is the only American state where French can be heard frequently, as the language has been part of its culture since the late 1600s. Some people are trying to keep it from dying out in the ...