Mythbuster: The French are workshy with a 35-hour week This is false. In fact, the French work more than employees in the UK
Mythbuster: French music cannot survive outside France This is false! Quite a few musicians make their name internationally
Mythbuster: French state schools do not have uniforms This is no longer 100% true. One town is experimenting with a uniform – but it is not obligatory
practical MYTHBUSTER: Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» smoke as heavily as ever The French are often portrayed as heavy smokers and packets of Gauloises – strong, unfiltered cigarettes – are said to be dirt cheap here. This is false!
Mythbuster: France is a strongly Catholic country France is regarded as a Catholic country, but the actual number of people who go to church every week is the lowest of any ‘Catholic country’, and surveys show religion is not part of life for most people.
Mythbuster: Most Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» can ski to some extent With the Alps to the east of France, Pyrénées to the west, Massif Central in between and Corsica to the south, it is obvious France is a ski nation.
Mythbuster: French farmers gain most from EU policy Problems over the European Union Common Agricultural Policy featured large in the run-up to the Brexit referendum but, despite claims that French farmers benefited the most, figures show that British farmers get more per head than French farmers do.
Mythbuster: France trailing European financial markets Fact or Fake? In this regular column, we look at the ‘truths’ that everyone ‘knows’ about France
Mythbuster: the French are arrogant Most people living in France, and most tourists, know this is mainly false; yet the myth has been around for a long time and will likely persist. There are a couple of explanations.
Mythbuster: Only tourists eat snails and frogs legs Fact or Fake? In this regular column, we look at the ‘truths’ that everyone ‘knows’ about France
Mythbuster: French drivers prefer to buy French cars In this column we look at the ‘truths’ that everyone ‘knows’ about France
Mythbuster: Unemployment benefit is over-generous Fact or Fake? In this regular column, we look at the ‘truths’ that everyone ‘knows’ about France
Mythbuster: French restaurants and vegetarians The land of steak tartare and foie gras has long been regarded as a wasteland for vegetarians – but, in the words of the song, the times they are a-changin’.
Mythbuster: French prefer renting to buying A few years ago a UK daily newspaper ran an article on how English people ‘see themselves as kings of their own castles’ while the ‘Germans and French prefer to rent’. Labrador Tag Feed Labrador Tag Feed Labrador Tag Feed
