Tag: Story
Follow Joséphine Baker’s entrance to the Pantheon live
First black-American star of the music hall in Paris, woman engaged in the French resistance during World War II, tireless anti-racist activist and little consensual mother at the head of…
How Josephine Baker earned her place in the Pantheon
This Tuesday, November 30, 2021, Joséphine Baker enters the Panthéon. Forty-six years after his death, the icon of the Roaring Twenties joins the great French figures who rest in this…
is the caesarized film based on a true story?
UNTIL CUSTODY. Awarded four times at the Caesar, Until the Guard plunges the viewer into the heart of a family torn apart by marital violence. But is it inspired by…
What is pop it, this game that appeals to young and old alike?
We have all explored, at least once in our life, the pleasant sensation of bursting the small bubbles of the famous bubble wrap, the plastic wrapping, used to protect the…
the ebrié talking drum could need a little restoration
It is a unique piece that will be returned by France to Côte d’Ivoire. The speaker drum of the Atchan people, known under the name of Djidji Ayokwe, will be…
Death of the writer Almudena Grandes, a Spanish Republican
Spanish writer Almudena Grandes, novelist and journalist, died Saturday, November 27 of cancer at the age of 61. This leftist, republican woman was a famous daily columnist El País. In…
What is the difference between the Gauls and the Celts?
The difference between the Gauls and the Celts is very fine. These terms both refer to invading peoples from eastern Europe. The difference lies in the fact that we have…
legendary West Side Story lyricist Stephen Sondheim dies
Stephen Sondheim, the lyricist of the legendary American musical “West Side Story”, died this Friday, November 26 at the age of 91 at his home in Roxbury, United States. His…
Did the French language originate in the Middle Ages?
From the 12th century, several European vernacular languages, including French, began to be used in administrative acts, in place of the written language in a monopoly situation: Latin. This decisive…
Questioning History at the Averroès Meetings
Second World War ; Algerian War; memorial issues; freedom of expression: omnipresent subjects 5 months from a French presidential election which must nevertheless decide the future. A program in Marseille,…