From remembrance ceremony to murder, the final hours of Sir Henry Wilson

How two republicans gunned down a hero of the first World War on his own doorstep

François Mitterrand’s last, secret love – living a triple life

Paris Letter: Former French president had affair with young woman during his final years

Wilson was urged to support presence of Irish voice at Paris Peace Conference

Irish republicans sought discussion on independence at peace negotiations

How the plea for Irish independence made its way to Paris

Sean T Ó Ceallaigh and George Gavan Duffy attempted to win France over to the cause

Diplomatic tangle in Paris – Ireland’s unofficial presence at the 1919 peace talks

First World War’s final hours: A French bugler sounded the ceasefire at 11am

... German buglers responded. Across the battlefield, men stood up in bright sunshine

French territory New Caledonia to vote on independence

Former colony 17,000km from mainland France has waited 30 years for referendum

In St James’s hospital, coffins were stacked up to 18-high in the mortuary

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 devastated Ireland – with more than 20,000 deaths and 800,000 infected, it permeated every layer of society and silenced whole communities as it passed through

Emer O’Kelly: Nationalism at the root of much evil

Nationalism is the motivating factor behind what is happening in Trump’s US

‘The Austrian government . . . has allowed horrible attacks on persons and property in Bosnia’

Georges Clemenceau, who would lead France through the last years of the war, was editor of ‘L’Homme Libre’ in 1914. In this front-page editorial he discusses Serb/Austrian and Austrian/French tensions, after Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination – Lara Marlowe

What does the future hold for France?

One of the euro zone’s biggest economies has 11 per cent unemployment, falling exports and significant budget deficits. How can the French turn this around?

Writers, prostitutes, poets, absinthe drinkers, ragpickers and politicians: inside Manet’s world

The great painters subjects were the people of Paris, and his portraits a comment on society