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From maligned second city to Insta magnet: Marseille is France’s new capital of overtourism

From maligned second city to Insta magnet: Marseille is France’s new capital of overtourism

When I first started visiting Marseille more than 20 years ago, few could have predicted that France’s then beleaguered second city would become one...

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Marseille is a haven for artists and progressives. How could it be on the cusp of far-right rule?

For many in Marseille, the far right in France’s second city will be for ever associated with the killing of Ibrahim Ali. In 1995, the teenager was...

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