Makenzy Orcel wins the Goncourt American version
Haitian writer Makenzy Orcel received on Saturday evening in New York, from the hands of French author Anne Berest, the Goncourt Prize in its American version for A Human Sum, a reward awarded by...
Pretty Yende, a South African soprano to sing the glory of King Charles III
Pretty Yende has performed at major opera houses, but nothing will match the experience she is about to have on May 6, when she will sing, in front of tens of millions of viewers,...
In the bowels of the Opéra Bastille, the stagehand ballet
On the huge stage, we move the decor of La Bohème with the help of electric tractors. Six floors below, other sets are dismantled or assembled: at the Opéra Bastille, the work of the...
Humor under occupied France examined by a historian of the Resistance
Laughter as a weapon of the Resistance to discredit the German occupier. Historian Alya Aglan presented Thursday at the Mémorial de Caen a book on a little-studied theme of the Second World War. Laughter...
Miossec forced to cancel his tour for health reasons
This Friday, April 28, Christophe Miossec published a post on Instagram, to announce that he had to prioritize his health. The 58-year-old singer has indeed announced that his vocal cords need to be treated....
Activists cover the Louis-Vuitton Foundation with paint to denounce tax optimization
The facade of the Louis-Vuitton Foundation in Paris was covered with paint on Monday morning, AFP learned from the environmental organization Extinction Rebellion, which claimed responsibility for this action, in particular to denounce “tax...
In Hollywood, the writers' strike is looming for lack of agreement with the streaming...
Threat to “late shows” and series? A strike by thousands of American television and film screenwriters for a pay rise is looming Monday in Hollywood for lack of agreement, a few hours before the...
On May 1, 1892, Le Figaro told "The hell of capital"
More than a century before dissecting the phenomenon of casseroles, Le Figaro was already looking at the palette often of militant tumults. On May 1, 1892, the daily published a rather special "exceptional supplement"...
Captain South Africa, the superheroine who faces inequalities rather than criminals
Black superheroine, natural hair and bandana in the colors of the South African flag: 80 years after the creation of Captain America, here is her female and "non-violent" competitor, Captain South Africa. "She's a...
Ding Liren becomes China's first ever world chess champion
The tension of the champions was palpable, but in the little game of the war of nerves Ding Liren will have been the strongest. In the 4th and final game of the world chess...