Complaints aside, the French Senate deemed loud roosters, pungent horse manure, and the like official parts of the country's rural "sensory heritage." The move is a major victory for the rural ...

All of France is charming, but its countryside is in a league of its own. Both admired and envied all over the world, it has inspired design styles, architectural styles and the works of numerous ...

Only the French would pass a law that is so poetically existential. While conservation efforts in most countries tend to focus on saving endangered animals or plant life, France is going further in an ...