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Grand angle - Turning potholes into art

1. You don’t have to visit a museum to see some of the world’s most renowned paintings: you can spot ...

New Orleans Mardi Gras: The history behind the famous parades

1. Mardi Gras will soon be upon New Orleans. In the coming days, guests will outnumber locals four to one, ...

In New Orleans, King Cake Is a Way to Make Joy

1. When Dominick Lee was in elementary school in the 1990s, every year for Twelfth Night, the teacher would bring ...

Carnet de voyage - New Orleans

1. Founded in: 1718 State: Louisiana Population: 376,971 Languages : English, French, Creole, Spanish Other name: Nola, abbreviations of New ...

Emigration is in the air for Britons

1. Adverts on the radio station TalkSport reveal the state of the nation. McDonald’s advertises for workers in Britain’s tight labour ...

In Ukraine, living as normal is an act of defiance

1. Saturday night in Kyiv, and the streets are dark and snowy. After several waves of missile attacks on the electrical infrastructure of ...

Focus

1.~WAR IN UKRAINE : ONE YEAR ON 2.~February 2022 Russian forces invaded the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and the country’s second-largest city, ...

Au cœur de l'Histoire - The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre

1.~Prohibition The Prohibition Era began in 1920 when the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which banned the manufacture, ...

New Zealand: Historic law banning next generation from ever smoking

1. New Zealand has passed a bill to ban those aged 14 and under from ever legally buying cigarettes in an ...

On parle d'eux

1.~Kevin McCarthy Kevin McCarthy was elected House Speaker – a major victory for the California Republican elevating him to ...

Sur le vif

1.~Birdflu spreading to humans? Multiple waves of avian influenza worldwide have led to the deaths and culling of more than 300 ...

A 360°

1.~Watchdog finds hope amid human rights crises According to Human Right Watch (HRW), cracks in the armour of authoritarian states ...

Infinite lives: the company saving old arcade machines

1. On a rural industrial estate five miles outside Honiton, under the flight path of a nearby aerodrome, sits a ...

Manchester lacks the power to change its fortunes

1. To experience the full Manchester effect, you need to arrive from somewhere other than London. Compared with the capital’s crammed ...

Farm-bred octopus: A benefit to the species or an act of cruelty?

1. Sandwiched here between the Pacific Ocean and Kona Airport — atop a dusty volcanic desert — dozens of 50-gallon ...

If aliens contact humanity, who decides what we do next?

1. The moment has been imagined a thousand times. As astronomers comb the cosmos with their powerful telescopes, they spot something ...

Zoom sur Steven Spielberg

1.~Mix of science and art Steven Spielberg was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 18, ...

These Young Musicians Made an Album. Now It’s Nominated for a Grammy.

1. When the Grammy nominations for best orchestral performance were announced in November, several of the usual suspects made the ...

Aftersun: luminous father-daughter drama

1. In November, the debut feature from Scottish-born, New York-based writer-director Charlotte Wells picked up a whopping 16 nominations for ...

UK’s new vinyl manufacturer riding the music revival

1.It only received its first pressing machines in December 2021, but Press On Vinyl is well on its way to becoming the ...

Plume à la loupe : Paul Auster

1. ~Biography~ February 3, 1947: Paul Auster was born in Newark, New Jersey, a descendant of Jewish immigrants from Europe. ...

Les échos

1.~Coachella lineup announced Southern California's Coachella Music Festival announced its 2023 lineup. This year, it will feature entirely nonwhite headliners ...

La recette en V.O. : la Pavlova

1. Ingredients For 4 servings   2. For the Meringue Shell: 4 large egg whites, at room temperature 1 cup of castor sugar (also known ...

Le dessin

1.~Amazon’s massive layoffs In this cartoon, the yellow arrow of the Amazon logo is used to show the exit ...