Tag: Culture
From Gaulish to Latin, from Walloon to French… A brief history of “linguistic substitution” – L’Express
This is a question that is not so simple to answer: why did Aedui, the Allobroges and the Arverni abandon Gaulish? Because the Romans would have threatened with death anyone…
Happy and tense: Utrecht Syrians about the fall of Assad
Until he heard honking outside. “I wanted to party with people outside,” he says. Amr fled Syria to the Netherlands when he was 21 and is pursuing a master’s degree…
Open AI released its Sora tool that makes videos from text – we still have to wait for use in the EU | Economic
The long-awaited AI tool was released in the US and much of the rest of the world with paid memberships. Open AI known from Chat GPT is opened for public…
Singer Ariana Grande’s first Golden Globe nomination | News in brief
The Emilia Perez musical received the most Golden Globe nominations. The gala will take place on January 5 in Los Angeles. Television and film industry Golden Globe – awards nominees…
end clap for Taylor Swift’s record-breaking tour
Taylor Swift completed her “Eras Tour” this Monday, December 9, overnight in Vancouver, Canada. It’s the end of a world tour of almost two years. As usual, the American star…
behind the scenes of the Goncourt detainees – L’Express
Tuesday, November 5, early morning, Versailles women’s prison. Around fifteen inmates of all ages are preparing to meet Abdellah Taïa, the Moroccan author of Bastion of Tears (Julliard), novel featuring…
Syria, Notre-Dame… The art of never being in the right place at the right time, by Christophe Donner
I am cursed. The great History has been avoiding me, playing hide and seek with me since the beginning. Although I was born in Paris and had lived there practically…
Artist Donne Dijkhorst does not allow himself to be limited in his art
He doesn’t get it from a stranger. Donne’s father is also an artist. He taught him some tricks of the trade and ensured that Donne could start working at Wijde…
Fictional lamp shop in Utrecht is a statement against throwaway culture
A striking container has been on Croeselaan in Utrecht since last week. If you look inside through one of the windows, you will see a colorful collection of lamps that…
the circle of award-winning authors this fall (and already gone) – L’Express
Let’s leave aside the big names of the school year, whether crowned with prizes or not, like Kamel Daoud, Gaël Faye, Miguel Bonnefoy, Sandrine Collette (the very fresh Goncourt of…