CULTURA / VIAJE

TEL AVIV – COMO EN CASA

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Autor: Rea Peleg La mayoría de las personas que visitan Tel Aviv experimentan una sensación única de familiaridad, como si hubieran llegado a casa. Esto es raro encontrarlo en ciudades históricas grandes […]

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CARIBBEAN / POLITICS

Guadeloupe: a French island somewhere between paradise and desperation

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  Guadeloupe: a French island somewhere between paradise and desperation Author: Pierre Scordia   Arriving at Point-à-Pitre airport, Pôle Caraïbe, we are somewhat surprised, even slightly disturbed by the signs indicating which […]

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BIOGRAPHY / HISTORY

Joan of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany & Queen of England

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The life of a great, little known queen Joan of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany and Queen of England (from 1386 to 1437)

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THEATRE

One Night in Miami

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The young Cassius Clay finds himself the centre of a tug of war between Malcolm X’s desire for a more politically inclusive Islam and the much narrower, and controlling interpretation of the faith practised by the radical African American organization The Nation of Islam, an organization Malcom X was once a part of but from which he is now exiled.

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CINEMA

The Restoration of Napoleon: A sixty year cinematic detective story

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You’d be forgiven for thinking that film restoration involves handing over celluloid reels to labs and waiting for them to put them together again, but at a recent talk at the National Film Theatre in London, what Brownlow describes as restoration sounds a lot like cinematic detective work.

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ART / THEATRE

Beverly Andrews, a Warrior Artist for Diversity in Unity

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BEVERLY ANDREWS, A WARRIOR ARTIST FOR DIVERSITY IN UNITY Interviewed by Pierre Scordia & Annie Clein – 25th May 2016 What path led you to your career as an actress, playwright and […]

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ARGENTINA / POLITICS

THE CULT OF EVA

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Inside the great hall of the State Historical Museum in Moscow, standing in front of a huge poster showing the image of Evita with words in Cyrillic “Ева Перон послом мира” (Eva Perón – ambassador of peace), she is ready for her speech. Dressed in black, with a large rose adorning her chest, somewhat unbalancing her outfit, the widow successfully makes herself the focus of attention. After some praise uttered by the Russian Minister of Culture, she finally begins to speak.

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BREXIT

Is British pragmatism in danger?

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Those who have not studied history will struggle to grasp the nuances between French and British political thought. The English, throughout their history, have never been obsessed with their constantly evolving language. Nowadays, nobody in the British Isles seems to care!

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