Anthony Peregrine was a reporter at the Lancashire Evening Post for a decade, before he moved from north-west England to southern France. For the last 37 years, he has freelanced, specialising first ...

This week we explore Nord-Pas de Calais with Ellie Philpott, senior communications executive at SeaFrance (seafrance.com), which operates up to 30 daily car-ferry crossings between Dover and Calais. 1 ...

Best known for its port, Northern France’s sprawling Pas-de-Calais region has long been popular with weekending Parisians drawn to its dune-backed, sandy beaches, medieval cathedral towns and tranquil ...

Most British holidaymakers have been to the Pas de Calais, yet it is probably one of the least well-known regions of France. We whizz through on the railways and autoroutes on our way to warmer and ...

The regions of Pas-de-Calais and Haute-Savoie have been particularly badly affected, with thousands forced to evacuate and many still without electricity or heating. Parts of eastern and northern ...

The Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais, widely regarded as the world’s top-ranked indoor athletics event, is set to electrify the Arena Stade Couvert in Lievin, France, on Thursday, February 13, ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

The world’s biggest sand bike race is back February 13-15, 2026. This legendary sporting event in extreme conditions brings together nearly 2,800 riders every year. Enduropale du Touquet-Pas-de-Calais ...

Hundreds of thousands of people in northern France went back into lockdown Saturday, while health officials stepped up their nationwide vaccination campaign to make up ground after a slow start. The ...

Whether or not William Blake was referring to the legacy of Britain’s industrial revolution when he wrote of the “dark satanic mills” in his poem “Jerusalem”, the description could easily have applied ...

Golden Street Art hosts the 12th edition of its competition, celebrating the most stunning murals created across France in 2025. While the top prize went to Flow for his piece in Pas-de-Calais, a ...