Having to write emails and letters in French can bring on migraines, rashes and itches - even for those who have mastered the spoken language. Here are some explanations and tips from an expert. Let’s ...

Find your added subjects in My Bitesize. Me, my family and friends in French Can you understand people talking about their friends and family in French? Practise key phrases for describing appearance ...

Shumona Sinha was born and grew up in Kolkata, West Bengal. In 1990 she won Bengal’s Best Young Poet award. She started learning French at the age of 22 and moved to Paris a few years later. She has ...

The French are known for being sticklers about the correct use of language, but they have discovered something is getting in the way of perfect prose: the AZERTY keyboard. A recent report from the ...

Renée was 11 and lived near Lyon. I’d never been to France – this was before the war, and it seemed as unlikely as going to Mars It was more than 80 years ago that I wrote my first letter to Paul and ...