Soon, it will be summertime. Time to walk but also time to read novels. Last summer, my daughter-in-law suggested I read Donna Tartt’s novel, The Goldfinch. (Nothing to see with the famous Pejman’s goldfish). Frankly, it’s the best novel I read these ten last years. I let you discover the plot of the story here.
An Indian film, Court, is in these days on at Metropole Cinema in Lille. It’s about a old folk musician’s fake trial… You can see in this film all the complexity of the Mumbai society. Court is the director’s first feature film. His previous works include documentaries and short films. I noticed something unusual for … Continue Reading
A few days ago, I saw a bird in my little garden. It was doing something unusual. Do you know what bird it is and could you guess what it was doing? (Hint: It was ganging hanging from a wall, making something…)
I was disappointed and very angry this morning when I heard something on the radio that reminds me black hours of our French History. In a town of Normandy, Ouistreham, well-known because of the Liberation and the USA landing of 1944, in this town, where you can take a ferry to go to England, only … Continue Reading
The word AMITRAM stands for “Society of the International Museum of Metropolitan Transport”, (in French: Association du Musée International des Transports Métropolitains). This association exists since 1968 to preserve the heritage of urban transport (trams, buses, trolley buses). It owns more than 70 vehicles from France (different areas), Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. The largest … Continue Reading
Tomorrow afternoon, I was at LaM to see the Modigliani exhibition. It was a very interesting moment! The exhibition shows the evolution of the work of this incredible artist who was Amadeo Modigliani. He took his first inspiration from Egyptian and African primitive art… Modigliani preferred over all painted portraits and particularly his friend’s artist’s … Continue Reading
I have some problems with using “the” in some English sentences. For instance, in the following examples I’m not sure which sentence is the correct one: Example 1 He drew a circle on the paper. Diameter of the circle was nearly 5 cm. He drew a circle on the paper. The diameter of circle was … Continue Reading
I just wanted to share these words with everyone: 1- Pat down: to touch someone’s clothes in order to check whether they are carrying something such as a weapon or illegal drugs, for example at an airport A woman was brought over to pat me down. Synonym would be to FRISK or FRISK DOWN. 2- … Continue Reading
I had a very stiff body for the whole of my life. My fingers could touch just my knees when I bent and I couldn’t sit cross legged from my childhood, so I had difficulties in sitting on the ground. I had accepted it as a genetic problem and had come to terms with it. … Continue Reading