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‘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’.

  • Music
  • Jeremy Allen

The women taking on France’s femicide problem

‘This is an emergency’ — The nameless movement has been plastering urgent messages on walls across the country, to draw attention to a rising tide of violence again women: ‘Our objective is simple: for the deaths to stop.’

  • Activism
  • Peter Yeung

How ’70s France fell in love with electronic music

Shock of the future — Nouvelle Vague frontman Marc Collin makes his directorial debut with The Shock Of Future: a filmic homage to the power of electronic music.

  • Film
  • Daniel Dylan Wray

‘There are a lot of magic coloured serpents in my music’

This is Sônge — Enter the fantastical world of Sônge: an insomniac synesthete who writes songs about devils, death and deities.

  • Music
  • Jeremy Allen

Anne Pigalle: life lessons from the ultimate punk polymath

‘I was a bit weird’ — The cult French artist, who is gearing up to release her first full-length album in over three decades, takes us on a tour through London’s Soho.

  • Music
  • Jeremy Allen

‘The French are never happy with who they’ve elected’

An interview with Lou Doillon — We catch up with the singer ahead of the release of her third album Soliloquy to talk politics, French resistance, and the power of the Insta DM.

  • Music
  • Jeremy Allen

How politicians killed Paris’s art-squat movement

‘Punir les pauvres’ — Over the past few years, Paris City Council has legalised several legendary artists’ squats to capitalise on their ‘cool’ factor. But as writer Eloïse Stark discovered, the move has effectively destroyed the founding principles of this underground scene.

  • Reportage
  • Eloïse Stark

The Channel crossings: your guide to the so-called ‘crisis’

All you need to know — Since Christmas Day, 100 people have crossed the English Channel seeking refuge and asylum in what is being called a ‘major’ national crisis. Writer Ben Smoke talks us through the mess.

  • Opinion
  • Ben Smoke

A day on the streets with France’s Gilets Jaunes

Paris is burning — Now in their fourth week, the Yellow Vests protests are becoming increasingly tense. We head to Paris to meet some of the demonstrators defiantly demanding change in their country.

  • Reportage
  • Alexander Durie

In France, thousands protest violence against women

Paris goes purple — Around 30,000 people took to the streets of Paris on Saturday for a rally spurred by #NousToutes (#UsAll) – the feminist movement calling for an end to all forms of violence against women.

  • Activism
  • Alexander Durie

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