Dear Aldo, the doctors, nurses and health workers sent to fight the coronavirus without adequate protection have reminded me of our Alpine troops and soldiers who in 1941-43 were sent to the hell of freezing Russia to fight with cardboard shoes and good uniforms for all seasons. With the difference that while the Italian army … Read more
Lutz Seiler receives Leipzig Book Prize – on the radio The Leipzig Book Fair is canceled, but not the Leipzig Book Fair price. It was awarded on Thursday at the scheduled time, but not in the large glass hall on the exhibition grounds, but on the radio – to Lutz Seiler’s novel “Stern 111” after … Read more
“I can’t sing, I just lost my voice,” said the British star, who is in New Zealand on her world tour. Through Le Figaro with AFP –After being examined by a doctor at a concert in New Zealand, Elton John sang two more songs before stopping in the middle of the concert. PA Photos / … Read more
The first prosecutor of Nasr City, headed by Counselor Mahmoud Salah, ordered the imprisonment of 9 Asians and 3 Egyptians for accusing them of setting up unlicensed health clubs and practicing immoral acts within two massage centers 4 days pending investigations in cases No. 5477,5478 for the year 2020 misdemeanor of Nasr City. The beginning … Read more
The American writer Mary Higgins Clark, “queen of suspense”, died at the age of 92, announced its editor, Simon and Schuster. “It is with deep sadness that we say goodbye to the ‘Queen of suspense’Wrote the editor on his Twitter account. “She died peacefully (…) surrounded by family and friends“. Mary Higgins Clark, one of … Read more
2019-12-30T16: 20: 06.881Z – The drafting of LCI — Gabriel Matzneff’s proclaimed taste for young girls and young boys has never made the publishing world blink – until now – but the next publication of Vanessa Springora’s “Consent” (by Grasset Editions) has game-changer. While the literary world is shaken by the new light on the … Read more
Married to actress and singer of Greek origin Rita Wilson, the American actor spends all his summers on his property on the island of Antiparos. Through Le Figaro with AFP –American actor Tom Hanks is married to Rita Wilson, actress, singer and producer of Greek origin. CHRIS DELMAS / AFP Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos signed … Read more
Monsieur Pick’s secret novel It is always a frustrating experience for unknown authors: your manuscript is rejected by a publisher. In the French film “The Secret Novel of Monsieur Pick” these refused manuscripts are collected in a separate library. Until one day a real literary treasure is raised, the starting point for a detective undertaking. … Read more