Not a lot of time to blog today so I leave you with some pics and vids. Click the pics for more info.

A cooked cook: French photographer Jigmé Théaux preparing his own head for dinner (Flickr)

Paranoia: Cleaners in Ireland are turning against Henry vacuum cleaners because they cannot bear to see the name of the French striker whose handball knocked them out of the World Cup.

Hands on: short video teaching you a few French words, based on a tune by eighties French Caribbean band la Compagnie Créole.

Central Caen in Normandy in France on October 2, 1944. From a series of amazing aerial images taken by daring Allied pilots on secret missions during World War II.

Stiletto relay: French women breaking their ankles to get vouchers for a shoe shop in Paris.

Smoke break: undated photo of Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin.

Interactive: Jean-François Rauzier is a French photographer who has developed the concept of ‘hyperphotos’ – ‘stitching’ together hundreds of enormous high-resolution images.