Tag: Story
Argos documents “the little story that humanizes big problems”
This collective of freelance photographers and journalists is a pioneer in media coverage of climate change and its consequences. Extracts from their work are exhibited in Brest (Brittany) on the…
what did Marc-Olivier Fogiel think of the film inspired by his story?
“What’s wrong with my family?” is a TV movie broadcast on France 2 on February 9, 2022. It is the adaptation of Marc-Olivier Fogiel’s book on GPA. What did the…
the Central Bank of the Netherlands makes its mea culpa
After Britain’s big business, the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) recognizes the important role its early leaders played in slavery, as an independent investigation shows. It is one of the consequences…
History: who was the last king of France?
For many of us, Louis XVI is the last king of France, but it is not so. It is indeed in the XIXand century that royalty has definitively disappeared from…
Kill chimpanzees inspiration for book with ‘the real story’ about DierenPark Amersfoort
The former carer has a bookcase full of knowledge, but has never wanted to write a book. Too much ego-tripping, he thought. Until the autumn of 2020. Hoedemaker: “A black…
In Marseille, the memorial appeasement of the Algerian war carried by young people
For two days, members of civil society from both shores of the Mediterranean met in Marseille for the Forum of Mediterranean Worlds, wanted by President Emmanuel Macron. A group of…
Lebanon returns over 330 antiquities to Baghdad
These pieces are said to have been looted during the years of war in Iraq. They were finally spotted in a private Lebanese museum after it opened in 2018, then…
“Schwaarze Mann”, the story of Luxembourg’s first black citizen
Jacques Leurs was born in 1910 in the Congo, the son of a Luxembourg settler and a Congolese woman. Abandoned in Luxembourg by his parents who remained in the Belgian…
8 Civilizations That Mysteriously Disappeared
How could powerful, prosperous empires dominating the natural resources of their region evaporate in the space of a few years? Climatic disaster, internal revolts, self-collapse, or cosmic phenomenon, almost everything…
Queen Elizabeth II passes 70-year reign
This Sunday marks an unprecedented event in the United Kingdom: the “Platinum Jubilee” of a sovereign, the 70 years on the throne of Elizabeth II, three years from the world…