Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Verdi and The Beatles all used the French national anthem, but what makes it such a good tune? There is a certain risk associated with writing a national anthem: you never know ...

Are the lyrics of the Marseillaise too racist for modern France? Does France need a new anthem? Photo: Shutterstock A French minister was slammed this week for comparing singing the French national ...

Changes to French educational curricula rarely make headline news in Britain. However, both The Times and the Daily Telegraph felt it worth reporting on a recent decision to make primary-school pupils ...

Tonight, as an act of solidarity after the Paris attacks, 70,000 football fans will be invited to sing La Marseillaise before the England v France friendly match at Wembley. Some newspapers have ...

France's justice minister is facing calls for her resignation after she refused to take part in what she called "karaoke" by singing the French national anthem. Christiane Taubira was criticised on ...