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Café society in the French capital is back to its elegant, exuberant self. From the glamorous to the ultra-hip, here are seven spots for outdoor refreshment
Where to steal away for a few moments of peace, quiet and splendid isolation
The Grand Palais show exploring a city left deserted by a natural disaster has strong new resonance for today
With our movements more restricted, our focus has sharpened on the neighbourhoods we live in. Here FT writers explore their local area up close
With cafés shut and many professionals who live here out of work, what lies in store for this gentrified historic corner of the city?
Lose yourself in the Left Bank streets, from the perimeter of the blooming Jardin du Luxembourg to an unusually quiet St-Germain-des-Prés
From Seine-side runs to fine frites, the FT’s CEO reveals his recommendations for a day in the French capital
Pass by the patisseries and discover some of the city’s best options for keeping in shape
Including Simon Kuper’s top coffee shops, hip cocktail hideaways and the best 5k runs
The creative force behind Diptyque shops for copper cookware, exotic spices and vivid scented geraniums at the city’s independent stores
The palace’s Christmas spectacle explores the changing symbolism of Versailles against a backdrop of war and revolution in France
The FT columnist on the venues where the real business of French politics takes place
This unmissable exhibition reveals how the artist captured the dynamism of body and mind with bold techniques
From flawless flat whites to heavenly roasts, here’s where FT readers find a caffeine fix in the French capital
From a brilliant bistro to a temple to traditional French cooking, savour the delights of the capital
Move over Le Meurice, the French capital’s hottest cocktail spots are now in ‘Silicon Sentier’, the city’s tech epicentre
Breeze past the City of Light’s iconic sights by following bureau chief Victor Mallet’s favourite running routes
The celebrated “nose” and creative director of Cire Trudon has invigorated France’s oldest luxury candlemaker, introducing “genderless” perfumes and taking its power to evoke time and place into adventurous new territory
FT correspondents in the northern hemisphere on the pleasures and secrets of an urban August
An installation made with Swarovski crystal has been unveiled on the Champs-Elysées
‘My late father, who told me never to trust a skinny chef, would have felt we were in expert hands’
Modernism’s founding father’s home opens to the public after extensive restoration
The award-winning musician, producer, actor and oenophile continues to add strings to his creative bow, with his own design studio and a new role as creative director of Dom Pérignon
Life in France’s capital gives FT correspondent glimpses behind the guide books
‘Beetroot and cranberry, not obvious bedfellows, made for a glorious topping to my smoked eel starter’
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