Newspapers and Magazines
English-language newspapers , such as the European , the Washington Post, New York Times and the International Herald Tribune , are on sale the same day in Paris, and in most large cities and resorts the day after publication. Of the French daily papers , Le Monde is the most intellectual; it is widely respected, but somewhat austere, making no concessions to such frivolities as photographs. Liberation , founded by Jean-Paul Sartre in the 1960s, is moderately left-wing, independent and more colloquial, with good, if choosy, coverage, while rigorous left-wing criticism of the French government comes from L'Humanite , the Communist Party paper. The other nationals are all firmly right-wing in their politics: Le Figaro is the most respected. The top-selling national is L'Equipe , which is dedicated to sports coverage, while Paris-Turf focuses on horse-racing. The widest circulations are enjoyed by the regional dailies . The most important of these is the Rennes-based Ouest-France - though for travellers, this, like the rest of the regionals, is mainly of interest for its listings. Weeklies of the Newsweek/Time model include the wide-ranging and socialist-inclined Le Nouvel Observateur , its right-wing counterpoint L'Express and the boringly centrist L'Evenement de Jeudi and the newcomer with a bite, Marianne . The best investigative journalism is to be found in the weekly satirical paper Le Canard Enchaine. Charlie Hebdo is a sort of Private Eye or Spy Magazine equivalent. There is also Paris-Match for gossip about stars and the royal families. Monthlies include the young and trendy - and cheap - Nova , which has excellent listings of cultural events, and Actue! , which is good for current events. There are, of course, the French versions of Vogue, Elle (weekly) and Marie-Claire , and the relentlessly urban Biba , for women's fashion and lifestyle. Moral censorship of the press is rare. On the newsstands you'll find pornography of every shade, as well as covers featuring drugs, sex, blasphemy and bizarre forms of grossness alongside knitting patterns and DIY. You'll also find French comics ( bandes dessinees ), which often indulge such adult interests: wildly and wonderfully illustrated, they are considered to be quite an artform and whole museums are devoted to them. Some of the huge numbers of homeless people in France ( les sans-logement ) make a bit of money by selling magazines on the streets which combine culture, humour and self-help with social and political issues. Costing 10F/?1.53, the most well-known of these is L'Itinerant .
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