Your start-of-the-week clicks:

Bust-up puts Mr Betty Blue back in jail
From cigarettes to gold: French tobacconists boost falling incomes
Scandal-hit mayor Jacques Bouille kills himself

Charlotte Gainsbourg named best actress as The White Ribbon takes the Palme d’Or at Cannes
Scientology trial due in France
At Paris’ Pompidou Center, the year of the women
France’s Oft-Derided Largess Insulates Many From Slump
From the archive, 25 May 1968: President de Gaulle’s offer
French Socialists outplayed in Europe
On the trail of D-Day’s ghosts
You can dine on foie gras, but why?
Using pieces found in fleamarkets a French artist has created a beguiling home.