France – In a hilltop monastery near Godewaersvelde, northern France, Jesse Fidele, a monk from Madagascar, makes award-winning cheese. He’s modest, insisting the process “n’est pas difficile” (isn’t ...

Welcome to Lille, this yellow lady greets those disembarking the train in the city The Autumn sun reflected off his puffing cheeks creating the unmistakable notes of a tune from his ...

Festival attractions don't come bigger than those of French Flanders. Sophie Campbell joins the villagers of Cassel as they dress up to celebrate their huge and legendary houses. The hilltop village ...

Giants are huge in French Flanders (the part of the Nord-Pas de Calais region, once completely Flemish-speaking, that runs along the Belgian border). They turn up at fêtes and festivals and national ...