Historians working at Cambridge University have discovered the origins of the stiletto heel, or court shoe, whilst trawling through cobbling records from seventeenth century France.
"Many people think that court shoes are so called because they ar...
It is a question which has confused generations. Why do the French insist on continuing to use their strange outdated measurements such as the kilometre, the gram and the snail?
It seems to be arrogance which prevents them from adopting the British Imperial System, with its far more logical conversions - 12 barleycorns to the hand, 3 hands to the foot, 3 feet to the yard, and 1760 yards to the...
PARIS - France's national news agency Le News Agency has just announced a new French law that will take effect on Tuesday, May 28.
Gigi de Maupassant, a reporter for Le News stated that due to the declining number of tourists visiting the world fa...
Today France's Grand Rabbi Gilles Bernheim resigned because he was caught plagiarizing other authors in his book "Forty Jewish Meditations' and adding ficticious plaudits to his CV. His first comment was "I hope that this doesn't hinder Anthony Weine...
Paris - The specialist gendarmerie national unit has had a damn good rummage among Christine Lagarde's smalls as it executed a search warrant on her Paris home.
The former French finance minister is under suspicion of hoarding excessive amounts of...
France have today started to deploy troops against The Mail group of newspapers. The French President François Hollande released a statement this morning: "We have deployed troops to finally deal with the menace of 'The Mail'. For over a hundred year...
Paris, France. In emerging, breaking but slightly disjointed news, a Frenchman, Louis De O'dour, has become the first man to navigate the entire household sewer system of every residence in Paris. He completed the journey after four weeks of concentr...
Schoolteacher Mr P Doe File has not been seen since last Monday where he failed to show up for his algebra class and it is believed he has run off to start a new life overseas with an embryo he has been grooming.
He told a close friend that the co...
BILLINGSGATE POST - Al-Qaeda announced Wednesday it will close its embassy in France in fear of retaliation for the painting of a mustache on French first lady, Valerie Trierweiler, by Muslim artist Hakeem Hussien Obama, a distant relative of Barack...
Following the inevitable global exposure of the future Queen of England's pert breasts by the French paparazzi, Buckingham Palace has gone on the offensive and has threatened legal action against any party who publishes the offending photos, or who u...
In a landmark speech made by Hollande in Holland, the French Premier announced that the Euro will be replaced with a "vibrant form of bartering".
In the outlined proposals, a fisting will equal one Euro, a flick of the Testicles is worth ten Eur...
Brisbane City Council has made a groundbreaking move in the battle to dispel antisocial behaviour from the city centre's major precincts.
The city has, for years, watched as groups of poorly educated and unemployed youths have gathered in the city...
Bonjour! I am Francois Francaise, France's leading satirist. I laugh at your pathetic English attempts at satire on this LeSpoof website. By that I mean of course that I do not laugh at it at all, because it is not funny. I bet you couldn't even grow a satirical moustache if you tried.
France is the home of satire - we invented it. Always remember, satire is like a metaphor.
So let me begin...
As Spain took all the glory by saving the best till last and coasting to a 4-0 win over Italy in the final of Euro 2012, England boss Roy Hodgson declared himself happy with his own teams performance.
At a press conference at Wembley this morning,...
Inchcock stood outside his uncle's house. He had money in his pocket, food in the rucksack on his back, sturdy hob nail boots, but not a clue where he should go. An idea struck him it had fallen off the advertising sign above his head. "I will go to Europe" he said to himself.
Paddington Station is the gateway to Europe, so why was Inchy at Victoria train station?
He had decided to get the boa...
England fans partied into the night after the hard fought 1-0 victory over hosts Ukraine which secured them a place in the quarter-finals of the tournament.
There was even more reason to celebrate when news filtered through that France had been b...
Donetsk, somewhere in the land of nod: England went on the pitch last night determined not to play football against the "Sacre Bleus" (Who weren't much better) and were so frightened of losing they nearly "qui, qui'd" themselves.
Memories of Chels...
For those of you who may be travelling to France for the first time this Summer, the Spoofs travel reporter Justin Case tells you what to expect.
General overview: France is a medium-sized foreign country situated in the continent of Europe. It is an important member of the world community, though nowhere as important as it thinks. It is bounded by Germany, Spain, Switzerland and some smaller n...