The Independent's Nick Duerden wonders why the UK has such different views on children in restaurants to the rest of Europe.

After the excesses of his epic World War I tale A Very Long Engagement, Jeunet seems to have to returned to the imaginative worlds of his earlier works.

Stephanie Beck discovers endless ways to savour the delicacy.

Our taste for haute cuisine and fine wine is nothing new, writes The Independent's Ferdinand Mount.

Finau Maka has been accused of treating a young Tunisian man living with his family with 'utter indignity'.

Venus Williams has been playing at the French Open in a revealing black lace dress with a plunging neckline and bright red straps.

Public concern over "apero geants", or giant open-air drinks parties, is growing after the horrific death of a student in France.

Scott packages his elements well, going for gritty realism in the battle scenes... But his take on this myth is as chilly as a northerly wind.

Hard times for the Cannes Film Festival, at least in terms of the splashy Hollywood films for which the world's most prestigious cinema showcase is known.

For staff at Disneyland Paris, there's a less magical side to the Kingdom, with long hours and job cuts reportedly leading some to suicide.

Up to 20 mummified Maori heads held in French museums could be returned to NZ after France adopted a new law.

France's €5 billion rogue trader says his losses should be blamed on a world banking industry "disconnected from reality".

The first European ban on the wearing of the Islamic burqa in public is poised to come into force in Belgium.