Monty Don travels through France to uncover the powerful connection between gardens, art, light, and landscape. From Monet’s water garden at Giverny and Cézanne’s Provence to a cubist garden, lavender…
Monty Don travels through France to uncover how gardens became symbols of power, romance, revolution, and national identity. From Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de Medici at Chenonceau to Vaux…
“En France, une maison n’est jamais seulement une maison.” In France, a house is never just a house. Look closely at the stone, the roof, the shutters, the windows and…
Marie Antoinette loved dessert, and even the water she drank was sweetened; she would keep pounded sugar on hand and stir in a few spoonfuls before drinking it. The daughter…
In this video, historical interpreters go through all the stages of dressing for medieval women, both for wealthy and poorer working women, to create an outfit fit for a queen…
Alexa guides learners through a B1-level French text focused on the history of the Olympics. The lesson highlights pronunciation nuances, specifically the G and J sound rules, and explains how…
Color and print are her constant companions; lush momentos of her years in India and an endless source of inspiration for her exquisite watercolor illustrations. Anchoring the living and dining…
In the first episode of My City, My Backyard, graphic designer and illustrator Guillaume Denaud opens the door to his everyday life in Marseille, introducing us to the places and…
Perched on the 12th floor in Paris’s lively Belleville neighbourhood, this once fragmented 57sqm/613sqft apartment has been opened up by architects Taïna Pichon of Meraki Architecture and Mathieu Durbec of…
The bottom of the sea. The center of the Earth. A journey around the world in eighty days. And even a trip to the Moon. One man took us on…