Simple medicines
Posted on 19 June 2025
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Even if the snow is still present in the mountains, the first signs of spring are already clearly visible: the days are getting longer, the temperatures are getting milder and the birds are singing again. In short, flora and fauna are awakening! And with them, the desire to reconnect with nature is also growing. We’re […]
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Will you take the time to read?
Posted on 19 June 2025
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In the digital age, where everything is easily accessible at the click of a button, you might think that paper books would be on the way out. And yet, in the midst of the health crisis we’ve been experiencing, the book market has been booming. Taking away people’s access to cultural venues such as bookshops […]
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Poems on tables
Posted on 19 June 2025
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I did not expect to survive, / earth suppressing me. I didn’t expect / to waken again, to feel / in damp earth my body / able to respond again, remembering / after so long how to open again / in the cold light / of earliest spring- I didn’t expect to survive, / the […]
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From sign to sound (2/6): Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the baritone with 3,000 Lied…
Posted on 19 June 2025
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Discover the second episode of the series From sign to sound. Our journey into the art of interpretation continues. From Renata Tebaldi’s “angel’s voice” to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau’s “voice of the soul”. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was the interpreter of the Lied par excellence: 3,000 Lieder by a hundred different composers! We pay tribute to him on the […]
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Spread your science!
Posted on 19 June 2025
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Is it possible to discover the secrets of science while having fun? Is science an intimidating and abstract discipline? What if approaching a subject in a totally new way could break down psychological barriers? Should we believe the most illustrious scientists when they say they have no particular gift, but an enormous capacity for questioning […]
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Artissime: art at the heart of the novel
Posted on 19 June 2025
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Art has been present in fiction since the 19th century: Honoré de Balzac, Maurice Leblanc, Oscar Wilde, Emile Zola. In contemporary novels, we often find the character of the artist or the world of the arts: in Marie Darrieussecq, Michel Houellebecq or Haruki Murakami, for literature. Julian Schnabel, Christian Schwochow and Julie Taymor, for cinema. […]
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