From Page to Screen: The Many Lives of Pride and Prejudice
As Emerald Fennell is currently adapting Wuthering Heights for the big screen, it feels like the perfect moment to turn our attention to another major classic of English literature that continues to fascinate readers and filmmakers alike: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. First published in 1813, the novel has never truly left popular culture. More than two centuries Read more
Why Are Western Gen Zers « Turning Chinese »? Unpacking the #BecomingChinese Phenomenon
A British martial arts enthusiast demonstrates Chinese kung fu at the square in front of the Bell and Drum Towers in Beijing on Monday. From China Daily In early 2026, if you open TikTok or Instagram, you’ll witness a peculiar sight: young blonde women boiling apple slices on camera, American youths at the gym swapping Read more
“Sorcières”: a new lecture of History at the Château des Ducs
If you thought witches are only good for scaring children in Grimm tales or making brooms fly in Harry Potter, it is time to review your classics. Until June 28, 2026, the Château des Ducs de Bretagne in Nantes invites us to a dizzying dive into one of the darkest and most fascinating periods of Read more
Why are iconic french musicals making a comeback on stage today?
Starmania, Notre Dame de Paris, Le Roi Soleil, Roméo et Juliette and soon Mozart, l’opéra rock and? For several years now, the great musicals that have marked generations in France and internationally have been returning to the French stage. Throughout the press, the 2025 season was presented as particularly rich for musicals in the capital. Read more
Sovereign Women in History and Art: An Eternal Ideological Stake
From Cleopatra to Elizabeth I, from Mary Stuart to Marie Antoinette, the names of great sovereign women evoke powerful myths of grandeur, beauty, and tragedy that nourish our imagination. But what remains of reality behind these narratives? Did Marie Antoinette really say, “Let them eat cake”? Was Cleopatra truly the most beautiful woman of the Read more
22nd Longueur d’Ondes Festival : Radio, Podcasts & Sound Innovation
From January 28 to February 1, the 22nd edition of the Longueur d’Ondes Festival, the “Festival of Radio and Listening,” took place in Brest. Since 2002, this event has been organized by four friends passionate about radio and sound expression: Laurent Le Gall, Aurore Troffigué, Laurent Venneuguès, and Hélène Vidaling. Over nearly five days, French-speaking Read more
Strike at the Louvre
Strikers protesting for better work conditions, higher wages and more workers, and against the obsolescence of the building and the LNR Project (© LeParisien LP/Ahmed Benazzouz) On Monday, February 16, an assembly of more than 200 employees of the Louvre Museum voted to go on strike, making it impossible to fully open the museum. Launched Read more
European Painting Confronted with the Transition from Polytheism to Monotheism
For centuries, Europe lived surrounded by visible gods. They had bodies, faces, stories, tempers, desires, and a profoundly human dimension. They inhabited the walls of houses, public squares, temples, and frescoes. Then, gradually, this familiarity with the divine faded. Not through an immediate iconoclastic upheaval, but through a slow shift in which images more than Read more
Culture 3.0: Towards a New Financial Structure for Cultural Institutions
Beeple (Mike Winkelmann), Everydays: The First 5000 Days, 2021. NFT. ©Beeple From Speculation to Infrastructure: The Genesis of a Regulated Cultural Web 3.0 The year 2021 was marked by a sudden and unprecedented explosion in the field of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). This period was characterized by a level of speculative euphoria that remains difficult to Read more
How “Amazing Night 2” Uses Comedy to Examine the “Invisible Pain Points” of Contemporary Society
In this era dominated by big data recommendations and fragmented information, finding a carefree and unrestrained bout of laughter seems extremely easy, yet it is also incredibly precious. The punchlines are mass-produced, and jokes are quickly forgotten. Amidst the noisy wave of entertainment, have we ever felt a sense of emptiness at a moment when Read more