In France’s Luberon Valley ... collection of more than 1,000 chandeliers dating back as far as the Middle Ages. Housed in a former factory that made ocher (a natural clay pigment), the museum ...

The change will give France one of the lowest compulsory school starting ages in Europe. But it will only affect a small number of children, as the majority of French families already choose to ...

The main European universities in the Middle Ages were based in Italy and France. This meant students from the British Isles or other countries had to travel to study medicine. This would have ...