ARCHIVE September2015
Opera Singer & Singing Coach: Helen Astrid
Helen Astrid is in high demand as a singing coach and has helped thousands of individuals and organisations successfully reach their singing goals. She launched The Helen Astrid Singing Academy in London in 2001 and receives substantial press coverage for her work with regular broadcasts on radio and television, including BBC1 News, The Paul O’Grady Show and What the Butler Saw, both for Channel 4.
The Art of Drawing
Alex Evans has always been interested in Skyscrapers, which are the ultimate emblem of the city. They depict the pinnacles of knowledge, wealth, power, civilisation. They express the desires and the ideals of generations of people and are such complex magnificent systems.
La Gym , bonne pour les muscles, pas pour la tête?
Aller à la gym : il s’agit d’avoir une tête pleine sur un corps sain. Le mental et le physique sont liés. L’exercice physique aide à évacuer le stress, à se ressourcer, à être un peu égoïste et à penser à soi.
Odessa: the new hotspot of Ukraine
On May 30th, President Poroshenko surprised many by nominating the former president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili as governor of Odessa Oblast, in south-western Ukraine. One can indeed wonder at Kiev’s motives for positioning such a world famous personality in a minor role in the provinces. In fact, this surprising choice has been eminently sensible since the port of Odessa remains of strategic importance both economically and politically.
IMMIGRER AU CANADA – ENTRETIEN AVEC LAURENCE NADEAU
Le Québec pour les jeunes Français, c’est un peu l’aboutissement du rêve des grands espaces, de qualité de vie, de rapport moins hiérarchisé, de vivre l’aventure à l’américaine mais tout en restant dans sa langue maternelle.
EDUCATION / LEARNING LANGUAGES
How do I quickly and efficiently learn a new language?
There is a trick to learning languages that can shorten the journey to fluency from decades to mere months. There’s also something most teachers won’t even tell students for fear they would never start, but in fact, is vital that you know.
APHRODITE, NÉE À CHYPRE…
Il est au sud-ouest de la côte chypriote, près de Paphos, trois rochers du nom de Petra Tou Romiou. Entre eux serait née une Aphrodite bien plus ancienne que l’Aphrodite athénienne dont nous parlent les mythes grecs.