Purchased by the City of Manosque eight years ago, Le Paraïs, place where the author of Hussars on the roof wrote all his work, has been closed since October 2023. “He is on the verge of ruin, total abandonment», protests Sylvie Dubert-Giono. Jean Giono (1895-1970) was born and died in Manosque, a small town wonder … Read more
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
CRITICAL – In 1942, a young couple disappeared in the mountains. Their bodies were found in 2017. The author reconstructs their story in a novel of absolute delicacy. The epilogue is known. For those who remember, the discovery of two bodies mummified by ice in the Vaud Alps made the headlines in the summer of … Read more
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
PORTRAIT- In his village, between Flanders and Wallonia, the translator writes about the wars that devastated Europe. After a tribute to the dead of the Great War, he salutes the memory of an American poet killed shortly after the Normandy landings. It is impossible for a visitor from Paris to get off the train at … Read more