Fifty years ago St Tropez was confirmed as a rich man — and woman’s — playground when a bikini-clad Brigitte Bardot frolicked on the beach in <i>And God Created Woman</i>. Now…

As France ponders why its still-smoldering suburbs erupted into three weeks of sustained rioting, one culprit singled out for blame is the soulless, high-rise concrete jungles…