Sélections

Due to the current exceptional situation, the fashion week and catwalk schedule has naturally been modified. Glamour, which had almost been forgotten, resurfaced at the Cannes Film Festival. It’s back-to-school time for theaters and cultural venues too. Why not take advantage of the season to assert your style? We have selected for you documents on […]

Dante Alighieri certainly needs no introduction! His work La Divina Commedia has been a source of inspiration for generations of composers over the centuries. The feelings and, above all, the characters of the poem’s three canticles – Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory) and Paradiso (Paradise) – have been set to music in a wide variety of […]

Are you musically creative? Do you want to write your music with ease? Expand your compositions? To hear your creations performed with striking realism? It’s possible: (re-)discover Finale and Sibelius, two music notation software packages available at the BCUL Riponne site! After a Coronavirus “break”, they are once again available free of charge to anyone […]

In this anniversary year, the centenary of the birth of Georges Brassens is being marked by numerous events. To pay tribute to the poet-musician is also to pay tribute to an authentic, libertarian and committed personality. In his lyrics, he deftly handles irony, provocation and humor. His songs express feelings that the population feels collectively, […]

Whether it’s an initiation rite, a souvenir or a distinctive sign, today’s tattoos are becoming more and more popular. Contrary to popular belief, tattooing is far from being a recent fashion phenomenon. This ancient art form has been around in various forms since prehistoric times. In fact, the first signs of tattooing found on mummies […]

The famous spy “My name is Bond… James Bond…” This famous line is the prerogative of the world’s most famous spy, also known as 007. A man of the shadows working for MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6), the UK’s foreign intelligence service, James Bond has fascinated entire generations and continues to inspire us to this […]