2023-10-31 15:00:22 A man climbs the stairs while doing exercises near Place du Tertre, in Paris, May 5, 2020. CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP Ten thousand steps and more. Readers of this column know this refrain: physical activity is good for your health, a sedentary lifestyle is a scourge. The English have an expression: « sitting is the new … Read more
2023-11-04 10:00:21 In the morning, 5 kilometers of swimming and 12 kilometers of walking, then a long ten-meter pistol shooting session in the afternoon. “A short day, a gentle recovery”, according to Elodie Clouvel and her companion, Valentin Belaud, on this day in early November. The next day, it will be horse riding then fencing … Read more
2023-11-03 05:30:09 The rapper Tif. ELISA PARRON Renewing hip-hop productions, looking for ways to stand out from your colleagues, that’s the credo of Algerian rapper Tif. Real name Toufik Bouhraoua, the 27-year-old has developed a hybrid sound between chaâbi, a traditional Algerian genre, Andalusian music and rap. On fall tour for his first album, 1.6, … Read more
2023-10-31 15:30:13 In certain places, you can attach a new stone to a cairn, a mound of stones marking the passage of the explorers who preceded you. DON’T NOD Building on its success since Life Is Strange, in 2015, the French studio Don’t Nod continues to occupy a major place in the independent video game … Read more
2023-10-28 08:00:09 XAVIER LISSILLOUR “I was 24 when I moved to Paris. It’s summer 2014, and I have just signed my first permanent contract, like many of my friends who are also heading to the capital. Paris, for the young single gay man that I am, carries with it the promise of a great party. … Read more
2023-10-25 11:30:06 Countess Maria de Sztaray (Sibylle Canonica) and Irma Sztaray (Sandra Hüller) in “Sissi & moi”, by Frauke Finsterwalder. BERND SPAUKE/KINOVISTA THE OPINION OF THE “WORLD” – WHY NOT Twice in one year, directors have strived to rid Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837-1898) of her corset, and therefore by extension of the shackles inherent … Read more
2023-10-22 03:45:02 A vinegar fly (“Drosophila melanogaster”). JEAN LECOMTE / BIOSPHOTO It’s no secret: the fruit fly is a princess of the laboratory. For geneticists, it has long constituted – and often still constitutes – the animal model par excellence. A generation period of around twelve days and eggs in the hundreds, great simplicity of … Read more
2023-10-20 17:00:15 Every Friday, The World Africa presents three new musical releases from or inspired by the continent. This week, time for international collaborations – “features”, in the jargon – between artists from Africa, Europe and America. “Roll On Me,” by Lavaud (feat. Tiwa Savage, Kanis, Patoranking & Reekado Banks) After two years of silence, … Read more