Delivering his final letter, Xander looks back on his time as a correspondent in Paris.
Who would be King of France today? Xander explores the status of French nobility, two hundred years after the Revolution.
An exploration of Paris's place as capital of world cuisine, from the Michelin Guide to the local lunch break.
France is a pillar of the European Union, but its entry has been shaky... and why isn't French the only language of communication?
A look at the morning of 31st August 1997, when Paris was the location of an event that stopped the world.
In his final episode before pre-recorded letters, Xander experiences Paris afresh and looks at the stories of the month.
After running across the Swiss border, Xander is back in Paris to discuss the Notre-Dame anniversary, internal flights and the shock new series of 'Call My Agent'.
The French reaction to the death of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Plus, the abolition of l'ÉNA and Brittany.
It's Palm Sunday so there's a donkey outside Xander's window. He looks back at the Franc-Euro apex and being stranded in Issoudun.
As Paris enters a hybrid lockdown, we look at the fall-out from the César Awards, the Paris Commune of 1871 and crocodiles in the canals.
After Macron swept passed, Xander discusses the César Awards, the club of former presidents and picking up the pace of the vaccine roll-out.
The Sarkozy verdict explained, and more on the week France marked the thirtieth anniversary of Serge Gainsbourg's death.
Is 'Télématin' under threat? Xander hopes not. Plus: 'WTF Anne' and a national uprising against vegetarians.
Fresh from the frying pan, Xander sits down to talk Carla Bruni and the legacy of the Roux brothers.
Circling Paris, Xander follows the route of Joan of Arc, stopping at a red brick school by the railway points.
It's grim up north... where the upstart Emmanuel Macron grew up. Plus, why when Britain should have failed, the EU is instead infuriated by its vaccination success.
Xander is back in Paris! To celebrate the return, he's sharing a few thoughts from his columns.
In his final letter 'to' Paris before returning to the Île Saint-Louis, Xander reminds us how France was one of the last European countries to abolish the death penalty.
Xander explains how he changed his mind about French bureaucracy. While he used to think of it as 'quaint', he now sees how overprocessing fed Brexiteer rhetoric.