Three comics that encourage action on the planet

Three comics that encourage action on the planet

► A lesson in humility Using drawing, and in particular comic strips, to share the foundations of knowledge about living things: this is the new challenge of the naturalist Bruno David, former president of the National Museum of Natural History whose test At the dawn of the sixth extinction (Grasset, 2021, €19.50) is adapted here. … Read more

“The Kingdom”, a Corsican tragedy about the inexorable cycle of revenge

“The Kingdom”, a Corsican tragedy about the inexorable cycle of revenge

In the heat of the Corsican summer, Lesia has no time to laze around. Filmed in a tight shot, the young girl casts worried glances at the joyful agitation that reigns in this sun-baked meadow. Suddenly there is silence. Everyone surrounds the teenager who then begins to butcher a freshly hunted wild boar… Congratulated by … Read more

INA, an archiving institute that has become a star of social networks

INA, an archiving institute that has become a star of social networks

“This is not a Miss France competition, but the first women’s weightlifting championship. First impression: attractive! » Posted on a TikTok account, these comments are astonishingly anachronistic. But in the upper right corner of the image there is a reassuring logo: that of the National Audiovisual Institute (INA). And the comment of a very current … Read more

Restitution of two paintings by Renoir and Sisley looted during the Occupation

Restitution of two paintings by Renoir and Sisley looted during the Occupation

Barges were painted in 1870 by the French-born British artist Alfred Sisley and depict a Norman port in which barges are moored, as its name suggests. Ministry of Culture Rachida Dati must return on Thursday a painting by Auguste Renoir and another by Alfred Sisley to the beneficiaries of a Jewish gallery owner, Grégoire Schusterman … Read more

Canadian Michael Ignatieff receives the Princess of Asturias prize

Canadian Michael Ignatieff receives the Princess of Asturias prize

Popular essayist, host of programs on politics and the arts on the BBC, former MP in Canada, he is considered “an essential reference in a present loaded with wars” by the Spanish foundation. After the French historian Hélène Carrère d’EncausseCanadian writer and former politician Michael Ignatieff, 77, received the Princess of Asturias Award for social … Read more