Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. When Victor Hugo visited Biarritz in 1843, it was still a fishing village. But with its craggy cliffs, splendid arc ...

Can we start dreaming about summer sun yet? Well, travel website TripAdvisor seems to think so, and has released its list of the best beaches in France, according to user review ratings. This beach in ...

French authorities have closed shorelines and forbidden bathing and nautical activities due to dangerously high levels of sea pollution. For many people, summer on the beaches of southwest France ...

Fiona began her career on Nova magazine in 1972, followed by a three-year break in the Caribbean cooking on yachts and publishing Cooking Afloat on her return. In 1977, she was Senior Editor at ...

Because this is the finest beach in a resort that marries old-money style to new-money chic while selling its soul to neither. Crowned heads and movie stars come and go but Biarritz remains resolutely ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

French authorities have closed shorelines and forbidden bathing and nautical activities due to dangerously high levels of sea pollution. For many people, summer on the beaches of southwest France ...