France
Meet Lilou Ruel, the parkour champion taking the sport vertical
Skypusher — After becoming the first woman to jump Paris’s infamous Manpower Gap, the French athlete has set the bar high for her fellow athletes. Now, having joined stunt school and acted as a body double for Charli xcx, she has her sights set on the film industry.
Written by: Hester Underhill
The French anarchists who took on sinister tech giants
Machine in Flames — A new documentary delves into the mystery surrounding an anonymous activist group who carried out a series of arson attacks in Toulouse in the ‘80s.
Written by: Oliver Haynes
The radical history of Paris b-boy culture is under threat
Break away — Born in the Bronx back in the ’70s, breakdancing later found a similar home in the banlieues of Paris, where marginalised communities adopted the style as a vessel for protest. In 2024, it will feature as an Olympic sport for the first time – but what does this mean for its radical roots?
Written by: Peter Yeung
The migrants left abandoned after a Marseille building fire
‘We are seen as nothing‘ — Earlier this month, a devastating blaze killed at least three people and left hundreds hospitalised. It has exposed the French government’s total neglect of the country’s migrants.
Written by: Frank L’Opez
Step inside the wild world of competitive Pâté en Croûte
Bon appétit — In a pre-lockdown assignment for Sandwich magazine, photographer Charlie Kwai ventured to the Pâté en Croûte world championships – a larger-than-life culinary event where tradition and innovation mingle freely.
Written by: Niall Flynn
Claude Cahun: Jersey’s queer, anti-Nazi freedom fighter
A soldier with no name — When the island was under Nazi control during the Second World War, two avant-garde artists attempted their own cryptic resistance campaign. Now, 75 years after its liberation, their story is finally being shared.
Written by: Jessie Williams
‘Information should be clear, accurate and accessible to all’
Inside the Dysturb Collective — The Dysturb Collective use street art and photography to deliver COVID-19 information that reaches beyond the mainstream bubble.
Written by: Guillaume Le Goff
How Soko embraced the creative power of celibacy
‘It’s all about slowing down’ — After a prolonged period of isolation, therapy and introspection, the French singer and actress returns with her hotly anticipated third album.
Written by: Jeremy Allen
‘The coronavirus shows we are led by incompetent people’
A view from France — French economist Thomas Porcher explains why the current global crisis has been a long time coming – and that radical action will be key to whatever comes next. Once we're out, he says, that’s when the real fight begins.
Written by: Guillaume Le Goff
Nicolas Godin: ‘I don’t have an ego, which is very strange’
Clearing the air — Following the release of his second solo album, the French producer – and one half of legendary electronic duo Air – talks revolution, retirement and why he’s angry the internet ruined his chances of visiting space.
Written by: Colin Gannon
How the French New Wave revolutionised visual culture
From film to photography — The movement fused film, art, photography and graphic design to create a radical new style of communication.
Written by: Miss Rosen
‘Narcissism is at the foundation of most artists’
An interview with SebastiAn — After an eight-year wait, the French producer is back with his second album. He tells us why it took so long – and why he sees his musical role as that of a ‘midwife’.
Written by: Jeremy Allen
