CULTURA / VIAJE

TEL AVIV – COMO EN CASA

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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 que atraen grandes masas armadas de apretadas listas de lugares de interés que uno debe ver.

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CARIBBEAN / POLITICS

Guadeloupe: a French island somewhere between paradise and desperation

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As soon as you leave the airport, you might be excused for thinking you are in metropolitan France: the cars have French number plates, the European flag above the F. The architecture of the terminal and other buildings are typically Gallic, as if all materials had been directly imported from France.

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BIOGRAPHY / HISTORY

Joan of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany & Queen of England

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As an ambitious woman, Joan of Navarre chose an alliance with England, despite being Valois from her mother’s side. In 1402, she agreed to marry Henry IV, the first king of the Lancaster dynasty, nicknamed “the usurper” by his detractors.

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THEATRE

One Night in Miami

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TDiscover the Oscar contender that takes you back to a pivotal night in history with Cassius Clay and his legendary friends in Miami.

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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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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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