Secret history of France: Auch Treasure and tragedy in Gascony’s historic capital: In her series revealing the history of France’s cities, art historian Julia Faiers reveals the cultural treasures tucked away in Gers capital, Auch
Secret history of French villages: Village des Bories True story of the farmers’ stone houses of Bories...This month we explore the real, hard-life history behind the very pastoral stone huts built by peasant farmers in the Vaucluse
French local history: Lourdes What turned a quiet quarry town into a pilgrims’ hotspot: The Connexion reveals how five words changed the history of Lourdes
magazine How restored French city of Carcassonne got its name The Connexion also reveals how the modern medieval citadel in the south of France was given a near-total 19th-century makeover
Secret history of France: Mont St Michel Millennium of miracles, faith and tourism: in her series revealing the hidden histories of France’s cultural hotspots, art historian Julia Faiers turns the spotlight on Mont-Saint-Michel
French local history – November 2019 France’s favourite village an ancient English landing site. The Connexion looks back at the war-trodden history of picturesque coastal town Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, not far from Cherbourg
French local history – October 2019 The last earthly remains of villages that died for France - The Connexion recounts the history of nine Meuse villages that were destroyed in the First World War, but live on in French memory
Secret history of France's cities: Rouen In the first of a series revealing the hidden histories of France’s cities, art historian and medievalist Julia Faiers turns the spotlight on Rouen in Normandy
Secret history of French villages - June 2019 The remarkable story of Turenne, in the Corrèze, which was an independent fiefdom for more than 750 years
Secret history of French villages - May 2019 The carpenter’s tales that laid open village’s secrets - or what a 19th-century artisan’s diaries, hidden under the floor of a Hautes-Alpes château, said about rural life
Secret history of French villages - April 2019 The ancient monastery that turned into a village: a look at the long religious history of the tiny Loire commune that was born shortly after the Revolution
Secret history of French buildings - November 2018 From Huguenots to Jews, the village of Chambon-sur-Lignon has a centuries-old record of aiding the oppressed, writes Jane Hanks
Secret history of French villages: Rocamadour Miracles and swords bring a million visitors... Jane Hanks is a regular visitor to Rocamadour herself but each time the perched village yields ever more secrets from its rich history
Secret history of buildings - August 2018 A church in a Bourgogne village houses an intriguing clutch of empty stone coffins. Jane Hanks discovers their origins Labrador Tag Feed Labrador Tag Feed Labrador Tag Feed
