Tag: Story
is the TF1 series inspired by a true story?
THE UNDOING TF1. Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant embody the protagonists of the series The Undoing broadcast on TF1. But is the plot inspired by a true story? Summary [Mis…
Stéphane Audeguy, the empire of metamorphoses
Stéphane Audeguy’s new novel strolls through a century of Japanese history. A kaleidoscope of intersecting women’s destinies, in a Japan torn between tradition and modernity. A young American bride who…
Malika Rahal, the conquest of Arabic
She is an obsessive historian. Dixit Malika Rahal. An obsessive man who walks through drawers, cupboards, alleys, chapels, archives, passageways. In his dictionary of life, there are multiple skies (French,…
Cabinet of curiosities: the heliograph, a device that “records” sunlight without electricity
In this new chapter of Cabinet of curiositieswe forget the gray for a moment to set off to discover a strange instrument: the heliograph. Put on your sunglasses, make yourself…
Epiphany 2022: what is the story of the Three Kings?
[EPIPHANIE]. This Catholic holiday is celebrated this Thursday, January 6. What is the origin of Epiphany? Who are the three wise men and why do we eat a galette des…
The Exploratorium: first sky map and beginnings of astronomy
The prehistoric peoples of northern Europe have long been called “barbarians”, basing their societies on a purely oral tradition. However, we now know that our ancestors had a relatively advanced…
the four anti-racist activists acquitted
In the United Kingdom, they had unbolted a statue in Bristol, in June 2020, during a demonstration in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. The sculpture depicted Edward Colston,…
Thirty Years’ War: what are the causes?
The Thirty Years’ War tears Europe apart from 1618 to 1648: the Habsburgs of Spain and Austria, who hold the crown of the Germanic Empire, and are supported by the…
Bernard Quiriny, story of a baron a little perched
In his new unclassifiable novel, Bernard Quiriny paints a portrait full of fantasies of Baron Archibald of Handrax, a bearded giant living in his manor in the Allier, lover of…
A story of your own, or the challenges and pains of international adoption
They are called Justine, Mathieu, Nicolas or Céline and Anne-Charlotte. But in another life, for even a few months, they were named Joohee, Matheus, Niyongira or Chandralatha in their homeland,…