BRITAIN / SERIES

THE CROWN

Tagged , , Leave a Comment on THE CROWN

Netflix’s wildly popular The Crown, a fictionalized account of this unique family who throughout the last century managed to avoid the fate of others, even those they were related to, such as Germany’s Kaiser and Russia’s Czar, and emerge intact. The fourth series though arrives at perhaps the Royal family’s most difficult moment.

READ MORE

CARAÏBES / SOCIETE

Blan: Blanc en quête de créolité aux Antilles

Tagged , , Leave a Comment on Blan: Blanc en quête de créolité aux Antilles

C’est l’histoire d’un jeune homme d’une trentaine d’année qui en 2000, à l’aube du XXIe siècle arrive en Guadeloupe sans rien connaître du pays. Ou très peu. Il vient rejoindre la femme de sa vie, c’est ce qu’il explique dans le roman graphique et autobiographique, qu’il vient de publier aux éditions Long Cours. Faut-il préciser la couleur de sa peau ?

READ MORE

EDUCATION / NOUVELLE

Diogène en banlieue | Effondrement

Tagged , ,

Le lycée menaçait ruine depuis quelque temps déjà. Les peintures s’écaillaient, il n’était pas rare de voir se détacher des murs auréolés d’humidité de vastes plaques de plâtres. Les professeurs avaient multiplié en vain les rapports alarmants à l’intention du rectorat.

READ MORE

BOLIVIA / CULTURE

The Phusiris women: Bolivian musicians challenging social mores

Tagged , , 3 Comments on The Phusiris women: Bolivian musicians challenging social mores

All over the world, women are fighting for their rights and their voices are starting to be heard. Without recourse to academic or political speeches, PHUSIRIS women, with dignity and enthusiasm, have made music a space of freedom in which to preserve, develop and spread their culture.

READ MORE

INDIA / LITERATURE

PARTITION VOICES

Tagged , , Leave a Comment on PARTITION VOICES

While for India their defining moment would of course be partition, a division imposed on India and Pakistan by the retreating British government.  One which ultimately cost the lives of an estimated two million people, while also leaving another ten to twelve million homeless. A partition which also resulted in another war, one in Bangladesh, when that country subsequently fought for its own independence. 

READ MORE

SERIES / TELEVISION

Emily in Paris – French Cultural Exception as seen through American eyes

Tagged , , 1 Comment on Emily in Paris – French Cultural Exception as seen through American eyes

Emily in Paris is the new series trending on Netflix, written and directed by none other than Darren Star, author of Sex and the City. It’s a light and entertaining TV series to watch before bedtime; I guarantee it won’t give you nightmares!

READ MORE

TARİH / TÜRKİYE

Frederick Bruce Thomas: Sıradışı bir kararkterin kaderi

Tagged , , Leave a Comment on Frederick Bruce Thomas: Sıradışı bir kararkterin kaderi

Oradan oraya sürüklenen Frederick Thomas’ın kaderi Moskova’da değişir. Rus vatandaşlığı alır, 3 kez evlenir ve 5 çocuk sahibi olur. Odessa’da bir daça[2] alır ve Moskova’da mülklere sahip olur. Mississippili, Afrikalı-Amerikan bir göçmen, bir kölenin oğlu Rusya’da bir servet yapmıştır.

READ MORE

THEATRE / VIDEO

Circles | Michael’s Story

Tagged , , Leave a Comment on Circles | Michael’s Story

The play is a touching love story between two, very different, men. Michael, a sweet innocent from the South and Rob, a brash New Yorker. The characters are brilliantly played by Greg Miller Burns and Oliver Hamilton which is reflected in the fact that you care what happens to them almost instantly.

READ MORE