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Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris Severely Damaged in Fire
Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 1:37 pm | Rachel Pommeyrol
“Notre-Dame is our history, our literature. (...) We will rebuild Notre-Dame, because the French people expect it, because it is our profound destiny,” declared French President Emmanuel Macron, almost five hours after a huge fire started in the cathedral ... More >>
Book Review: Sodden Downstream, by Brannavan Gnanalingam
Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 10:15 am | Rachel Pommeyrol
Less than 24 hours. This is all the time it takes for the human journey between Sri Lanka and New Zealand, between past and present, between the two different kinds of survival depicted in Brannavan Gnanalingam’s fifth novel, Sodden Downstream ... More >>
Review of 'The Corsini Collection: A Window on Renaissance Florence'
Tuesday, 26 September 2017, 1:25 pm | Rachel Pommeyrol
Anton Domenico Gabbiani, Glorification of the Corsini Family: Sketch for the Ceiling Fresco of the Presentation Room of the Palazzo 1694–95, oil on canvas, Florence, Galleria Corsini More >>
What Young Voters Expect From These Elections
Friday, 22 September 2017, 2:33 pm | Rachel Pommeyrol
Young voters have been a huge issue during these general elections, in which enrolled 18-24 year-olds represent over 338 000 potential votes. For this election, half of the persons who are still not enrolled on 22 September are under 25, even though ... More >>
Anahera review: Social criticism, through the family frame
Thursday, 14 September 2017, 11:57 am | Rachel Pommeyrol
On stage, three characters start the play : Peter and Liz, whose son Harry has disappeared, and Anahera, the social worker who is here to help them get over the situation. This tragic event, which seems to be central to the play, is actually a pretext for its ... More >>
Caging Skies Flies Over Ideologies & Feelings
Tuesday, 5 September 2017, 11:29 am | Rachel Pommeyrol
A portrait of Adolf Hitler overhangs the stage, threatening. Beyond a simple bed, a curtain marked with signs, almost swastikas. The lighting, designed by director Andrew Foster, adds weight to the already oppressive stage atmosphere. Jeremy Cullen’s ... More >>
Romeo & Juliet : A Rose by any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet
Thursday, 17 August 2017, 12:42 pm | Rachel Pommeyrol
“What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name; And for that name, which is no ... More >>
