literature

Don’t panic and no unnecessary fights

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Now the important thing not to lose your head, to speak little and clear, to identify simple rules and to enforce them; and above all to avoid the war of all against all, government and Regions, majority and opposition, Pd and 5 Stars. – In the most serious moments of our history, the moral strength … Read more

Hubert Le Gall orchestrates the appearance of the veil in Chartres.

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STORY OF THE DAY – the designer designed a reliquary to showcase the cathedral’s famous treasure. By Beatrice de Rochebouët– –The reliquary of the veil of the Virgin, in the cathedral of Chartres. DRAC Center-Val de Loire-F. Lauginie. Give a facelift to sacred places, by bringing in contemporary artists, that’s what pleases. In Angoulême, Jean-Michel … Read more

Quino, Mafalda’s father died: he was 88 years old

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Farewell to Quino (Joaqun Salvador Lavado Tejn), the father of Mafalda he was 88 years old. All good people in the country and in the world will mourn him, his editor tweeted, Daniel Divinsky. The son of Spanish emigrants, Joaquin Salvador Lavado, this is the designer’s real name, was born in Mendoza on July 17, … Read more

The best book about the Ukrainian-Russian war in Donbass – Books – Culture + has been published in Latvian

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This book is about love, although it doesn’t contain a single word that starts with “love …”. And it’s about magic – not the cute, traded from TV screens, but the real magic that comes from the family and roots, when you dive head first into the Ocean of the Dead and dive out of … Read more

New York Metropolitan Opera cancels entire 2020-21 season

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The Metropolitan Opera in New York announced Wednesday the cancellation of its 2020-21 season, due to a pandemic, a decision with colossal financial impact. After consultation with public health authorities, the opera house decided that it would not “Not sure for the Met to resume its activities” until the vaccine against the coronavirus has been … Read more

For Elton John, Michael Jackson “was mentally ill”

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In his autobiography Me, which appears this October 15, Elton John discusses the mental health of Michael Jackson, a pop icon who died in 2009 at the age of 50. “Over the years he began to withdraw from the world and from reality, much likeElvis presley», remembers the interpreter of Candle in the Wind, which … Read more

Literature. The first selection of the 2020 Goncourt Prize unveiled

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This Tuesday, September 15, the Goncourt academy unveiled the first selection for the price 2020. Among the books selected, Yoga, Emmanuel Carrère’s latest novel, Saturn by Sarah Chiche, published by Seuil, or even Hervé Le Tellier for The anomalies. pic.twitter.com/ZHRfYJa8dS – Goncourt Academy (@AcadGoncourt) September 15, 2020 The winner will be known on November 10. … Read more

where does the flag of the LGBT community come from?

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On the night of June 12, the United States was the victim of a terrible terrorist attack. Over 50 people lost their lives at a club in the city of Orlando after an individual opened fire. A large part of the victims were linked to the LGBT community (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender). As a … Read more

Cini Boeri died, goodbye to the architect and designer: she was 96 years old

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Cini Boeri died, goodbye to the architect and designer: he was 96 years old

She left on the day of the awarding of the Compasso d’oro, which she had won in 1979 for the sofa Strips, designed in 1968 for Arflex and exhibited in the permanent collection of the Milan Triennale. With Maria Cristina Mariani Dameno, married Boeri (born in Milan on 19 June 1924), universally known as Cini … Read more