Fred a décidé de nous quitter dimanche et j'en suis très triste. On se souviendra de sa sensibilité, de ses dessins sublimes et de ses mots tranchants sur l'enfer qu'il a vécu au Bataclan le 13 novembre 2015. Il nous avait raconté tout ça il y a 2 ans leparisien.fr/video/video-fr…

A couple of weeks ago, I sat down with Didier Rykner, the bête noire of a long line of France's culture ministers. We talked about the Louvre, #SaccageParis , and why we should protect old buildings just as much as we do artworks. In Apollo Magazine now.
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Bonjour Léa Salamé,
Personnellement, je n’ai pas pu dire non.
Je n’ai pas réussi.
C’était impossible.
Mais je ne me suis pas 'laissée faire', comme vous dites.
Tout mon corps disait non.
Avez-vous entendu parler de l’emprise, de la dissociation ou de la sidération ?
#MeToo

It's not just that they're doing it. It's that they're making promotional videos about it.

'I could not protect her. I will never forgive myself. But the sea was the only choice I had,' he sobbed.

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Since 2020, Stuart Potts has housed hundreds of homeless people in his own one-bed flat. I’ve been spending time there over the last few months. My latest for The Guardian Long Read theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Eike Schmidt, former director of the Uffizi in Florence and newly appointed director of the Capodimonte in Naples, is now running to be mayor of Florence – which should make the merry-go-round of top jobs in Italian museums, described here by Catherine Bennett, even more complicated.

I read that long article in The Atlantic, the one about sailing the Icon of the Seas. Regardless what you think of the piece, its value, quality etc, the magazine spent $19,000 on the ticket. Plus the writer's fee. Plus his flights and probably other expenses. Utterly wild.

60% of hospitals, schools and religious sites in Gaza have been damaged or totally destroyed. lemonde.fr/international/…

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Discovered this old piece through the *other* Cut piece, and it encapsulates why I am sick of handing my partner - the person in our relationship who has allergies - tissues all the time. 'Men are walking around empty-handed, uncompelled to be useful.' thecut.com/2019/07/if-men…

This, plus: regular bouts of nausea, indigestion, pain medication that does little to help, feeling faint, etc etc. I probably 'lose' about 2 working days a month because of the pain. I say 'lose' because I still work, I have to - but it's a horrible struggle.

Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing

As France enshrines the right to abortion in its constitution, we take a look at abortion rights across Europe. Find out more in our latest episode of #arteeuropeweekly ⬇️
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Last year, there was a period when I was on a night train between Venice and Stuttgart at least once a week, and I still think about the magic of arriving in Venice in the morning. I wrote about Europe's night train renaissance for AFAR Media. afar.com/magazine/how-n…

Transport makes cities. When disabled people contend with this stress, frustration and disempowerment each time we travel, it sends a message about who the city is for - and who is not welcome.

Des syndicats étudiants demandent l'ouverture d'une enquête externe sur l'Ecole de journalisme (EDJ) de Sciences Po.

Une semaine après la publication de mon enquête sur les souffrances des étudiant.e.s passés par l'Sciences PoEDJ pour Arrêt sur images, on fait le point. 👇

Do the Tories have no shame? This is needlessly cruel.

Karneval in Venedig ist für Venezianer Horror pur. Der einzige,der sich daran freut und verdient, ist der Bürgermeister. Und der Smart Control Room,der die Daten der Besucher abschöpft: wertvolle Rohstoffe, von denen wir nicht wissen, in welche Hände sie geraten. taz