Deborah O’Donoghue is a British-Irish writer who has lived in the UK, France and Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by Legend Press in 2019 and comes out in Germany in 2021. Follow Deborah on Twitter and Instagram.
Following two weeks of fatal rioting in New Caledonia, the French Pacific island’s international airport in Nouméa has said it will not re-open before 2 June […]
New Caldonia, a French overseas territory in the Pacific Ocean, has been overtaken by riots for about a week, causing the airport to close and trapping […]
On 26 May, the Champs-Élysées committee and LG Electronics France are organising a giant picnic right in the middle of the famous Parisian boulevard. That Sunday, 4,000 lucky participants will […]
The Olympic motto of Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together, has been reimagined for Paris 2024 as Anticipate, Avoid, Reduce, Offset, and Mobilise. According to the Olympic committee, […]
Even though the baguette is largely associated with France and Paris in particular, for the last five years, the Italians could claim the world record for […]
In 2020, Luxembourg made international headlines by implementing free public transport throughout the country. Since then, all buses, trains and trams have been free of charge […]
Another spring season, another bout of industrial action affecting travel in France, despite a supposed “truce” in the build-up to 2024’s summer OIympics in the country. […]
The river Seine in Paris is too polluted to safely welcome Olympic swimming events, according to research published by an international environmental group. Pollution of faecal […]
France has uncovered a previously lost 14th century castle, its national archaeological institute has revealed in a press release. Preventative dig The discovery was made underneath […]
France’s aviation capital, Toulouse, is looking skyward once more, with its Cité de l’Espace offering a new visitor experience – a trip to the moon. Cité […]
Paris. Paname. City of Light. Whatever you call it, the French capital occupies a certain importance in the public imagination. A city of sophistication, romance and […]
The inhabitants of Seine-Port, a French town near Paris, have recently been asked to vote in a referendum on the use of cellphones in public spaces. […]
More than half of the international tourists visiting France last year were convinced to visit the country after watching a French film or TV series, according […]