François Fillon is Catholic. Very Catholic. So Catholic, at least to the secular left, that a headline in the newspaper Libération screamed: “Help, Jesus has returned!”
Read Full Story: France’s Zombie Catholics Have Risen — and They’re Voting | Foreign Policy
BRUSSELS (AP) — Next time you raise a glass of Belgian beer, rest assured: It’s a cultural experience.UNESCO added Belgian beer to the list of the “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” on Wednesday.Belgium is known throughout the world for its wide array of tastes, from extreme sour to bitter, produced in just about every city and village across the west European nation of 11 million people. The history of Belgian suds stretches back centuries to medieval monks and has been celebrated in paintings by Pieter Brueghel and in countless songs since [ . . . ]
Source: Hot Stuff: Cheers! Culture You Can Drink! Belgian Beer Gets UN Approval – ABS-CBN Lifestyle
A new edit of the Belgian auteurs’ oddball detective story can’t help its fundamentally baffling tone and form [ . . . ]
Read the Review: The Unknown Girl review – a rare misfire from the Dardenne brothers | Film | The Guardian
Xavier de Rosnay & Gaspard Augé from French production duo Justice pick the Party Playlist with Annie Mac.
LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW: Justice – New Songs, Playlists & Latest News – BBC Music
Justice video starring Susan Sarandon
Chanson Du Jour 12/1/2016 – Jeanne Cheral “Ca Sent le Sapin”
The lovely Jeanne Cherhal performs one of her best songs while wearing un chapeau de Père Noël
The most famous gun in French literary history, the revolver with which Paul Verlaine tried to kill his lover and fellow poet Arthur Rimbaud, sold for 434,500 euros ($460,000) at auction in Paris on Wednesday.
Enough seen. The vision has been encountered in all skies.
Enough had. Sounds of cities, in the evening, and in sunlight, and always.
Enough known. The stations of life. — O Sounds and Visions!
Departure amid new noise and affection!
Assez vu. La vision s’est rencontrée à tous les airs.
Assez eu. Rumeurs des villes, le soir, et au soleil, et toujours.
Assez connu. Les arrêts de la vie. – O Rumeurs et Visions !
Départ dans l’affection et le bruit neufs !
(Arthur Rimbaud ,1886)
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