Tag: Culture
In Nanterre, an exhibition deciphers the place of children in the face of war – L’Express
“In the turmoil, there were no child models.” For historian Manon Pignot, the words of Maurice Rajsfus who, in 1995, recounted in a book his years as a Jewish teenager…
UU is again the best broad university, even courses that are discontinued are highly rated
Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Thomas Vaessens, is not surprised that these courses are appreciated by students. “However, we have noticed that these courses have been attracting few students…
UU is once again the best broad university in the Netherlands
Utrecht – Utrecht University (UU) comes out on top for the fourth year in a row as the best broad university in the Netherlands. According to the 2025 university selection…
The Sami Association: Time to make Sami culture visible now
It was on December 6 that it became clear that Kiruna would become the EU’s capital of culture in 2029. In its application, Kiruna has highlighted several times that there…
“Shogun”, “The Bear”… The ten best series that marked the year 2024 – L’Express
Rivals (Disney+) We started this series by holding our noses a little, anxious about its origins – a series of English erotic novels, published in the 1980s. We came away…
The next day, unicorn, aunt… Little story of “welded words” – L’Express
This is the kind of story I love. Did you know that a unicorn gets its name from a double mistake? Yes! This fabulous animal was named in Latin unicorns,…
Canal+ enters the London Stock Exchange and confirms the ambitions of Vincent Bolloré
In economic news, the Canal+ group made its debut on the London Stock Exchange, with 26 million subscribers worldwide, more than a third of which on the African continent. This…
Sempé and “Fluide Glacial”, the best remedy for the ambient gloom? – The Express
Wars and instabilities punctuate our daily lives but that has never been a good reason to forget to smile. Let’s focus on two ideal publications to escape the ambient gloom.…
Youth Opera Cookies this Christmas holiday in Amersfoort: ‘If life has left a hole you can fill it with cookies’
Writer Annet Schaap and Holland Opera present the Christmas performance Cookies. Cookies is loosely based on the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. Two girls go looking for their always absent…
Photographer captures Leerdam in magical light: ‘I did half a dance because it was a success’
He was wet down to his underwear, but then photographer Hans van Vrouwerf had exactly what he wanted: an iconic photo of his Leerdam under a purple-blue sky with lightning.…