Michel Simon, who steals the show in Jean Vigo’s 1934 masterpiece L’Atalante, was a soft-faced, gravelly voiced clown capable of tremendous pathos – and total chaos

Jean Vigo’s L’Atalante, his poetic …

Fugees rapper Pras sentenced to 14 years in prison over illegal donations to Obama campaign ⊖⊖

found 2025 › Nov › 21 (Fri) @ 00:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Prakazrel ‘Pras’ Michel was convicted in 2023 after a trial that included testimony from actor Leonardo DiCaprio and former US attorney general Jeff Sessions

The Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras”…

The Lost Boys of Mercury review – heartbreaking film on the enduring wounds of church-school abuse ⊖⊖⊖

found 2025 › Nov › 04 (Tue) @ 11:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Clémence Davigo’s uncompromising film gives voice to three survivors of a French correctional school, and the difficult path towards healing

Great courage, physical and moral, is shown by the three pr…

5 months ago

The lesson from the last time Marine Le Pen knifed a French prime minister ○

found 2025 › Sep › 08 (Mon) @ 02:25 UTC

a story from Politico EU ✅ › Politico EU

Michel Barnier made a futile attempt to haggle with the far-right leader. His successor François Bayrou wouldn't get drawn into the same trap.

Husband of billionaire Heineken heiress is banned from driving after speeding in his VW Golf - despite claiming he needed to keep licence to take elderly neighbours shopping ○

found 2025 › Sep › 04 (Thu) @ 13:15 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Michel de Carvalho whose wife Charlene Heineken inherited a £3billion fortune was caught by speed cameras exceeding the limit in his modest £30,000 VW Golf.

6 months ago

Too much tolerance risks violence and anarchy. Britain's turning somersaults to accommodate cultures whose values are opposite to our own: ROBERT TOMBS ○

found 2025 › Aug › 09 (Sat) @ 00:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The great essayist Michel de Montaigne, writing a few decades after Columbus discovered the West Indies, was fascinated by reports of what the indigenous people ate there.

7 months ago

Michel Barnier considers running in parliamentary by-election in Paris ○

found 2025 › Jul › 15 (Tue) @ 16:30 UTC

a story from Politico EU ✅ › Politico EU

The EU veteran has not lost his appetite for French politics.

8 months ago

Michel Barnier slams ‘authoritarian drift’ in Brussels under Ursula von der Leyen ○

found 2025 › Jun › 04 (Wed) @ 02:05 UTC

a story from Politico EU ✅ › Politico EU

The former French prime minister feels the Commission president sidelined him in the endgame of Brexit negotiations.

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