Alongside the new educational focus on La Marseillaise the French president, Emmanuel Macron, has just announced a policy of universal national service for all 16-year-olds: it remains to be seen ...

La Marseillaise is "the great example of courage and solidarity when facing danger", historian Simon Schama, told the BBC's Today programme. "That's why it's so invigorating.

In 1993, "Midnight Oil," "The Tragically Hip," "Hothouse Flowers," "Crash Vegas" and Daniel Lanois got together in a Calgary studio to record "Land," written by Jim Moginie and Rob Hirst of "Midnight ...

The French national anthem, La Marseillaise, was penned by army engineer Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle during the French revolutionary wars in 1792.

How it unfolded The 46th Grand Prix Cycliste de Marseille La Marseillaise offered the peloton a 1.1-level, 164.2km race from Marseille at l'Estaque back to Marseille in Luminy.