Que s’est-il passé depuis mon départ de Saint-Étienne, il y a vingt-quatre ans? Un quart de siècle depuis mes dernières palpitations, yeux fixés sur le chronomètre de l’autre côté du stade mythique surnommé « Le Chaudron. » Et pourtant, aux fins fonds de mon esprit, je sais ce qui se passe dans l’enceinte du stade: le temps reste […]
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Sexual Violence Under The Steeple – Child Abuse In The French Catholic Church
My Dearest Child, Let me come. Sit on my knee, my child. Let me teach you the deeper meaning of the Holy Text, and only when you have finished providing me with the pleasure of the flesh that I seek, will I let you go. I don’t expect you to find answers to your questions […]
How France And England Got Rid Of…Germany
Come on you Frenchies. Don’t cry. Together with the Three Lions from across the channel, you’ve managed to get rid of a team that is so hard to get rid of – the Germans. Who said the love between England and France was lost forever, after Brexit? By winning their first group match, the French […]
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Emily In Paris – Hard Truths The French Don’t Like
Critical reviews can really help boost your audience. Having read a ratter of a review that told me in no uncertain words that Emily In Paris (Netflix) was not worth the number of pixels it contained, I gave it a go. Just the first episode, mind you. That’s what I did last weekend – started […]
Jair Bolsonaro – The Plonker From Brazil
I’ll be honest and say that I actually missed Jair Bolsonaro, president of Brazil, enlightening us on the importance of being ill. I spend half my time trying to understand how the Dutch ministry for health manages to convince us that the pandemic is showing signs of stabilising whilst, at the same time, publishing figures […]
Solidarité? Non, C’est La Peur Du Virus
C‘est une scène de la vie quotidienne. Je vais à la station-service et je paie à la caisse. Le caissier ne porte pas de masque mais bien des gants noirs à usage unique. Il me remet le reçu et, sans changer de gants, s’occupe du client suivant. Des études récentes ayant montré que le coronavirus […]
Macron’s COVID-19 Advisor Underestimated Pandemic
I watched last Wednesday’s French news bulletin with a quiet bewilderment that bordered on incomprehension. The head of the governmental scientific committee, and advisor to president Macron over the COVID-19 pandemic, publicly admitted that he (and others) had underestimated the severity of the coronavirus pandemic. Jean-François Delfraissy, immunologist and chairman of the coronavirus scientific committee, […]
Coronavirus Et Responsabilité Individuelle
Il est étrange que ce que beaucoup de gens décrient dans nos sociétés – la solitude – nous évitera probablement de flirter avec une extinction partielle. En confinant l’ensemble de la population française à deux semaines d’assignation à résidence, Emmanuel Macron a utilisé l’un des maux de la société actuelle pour que les français puissent […]
Coronavirus – Ethics And Rationality In Decision-Making
Implementation of restrictions in various European countries has made me realise to what extent we all took things for granted. Gone are the days where we could eat out, go to the cinema, or visit a museum, without thinking twice about it. But the coronavirus outbreak has also cast a shadow over my dental practice. […]
La Moralité d’Un Coronavirus
Quelques semaines après le début de l’épidémie du coronavirus, et je suis atteint. Non, je n’ai pas attrapé cette saloperie – heureusement – mais je devrai faire face à la perspective, tôt ou tard, de manquer de masques de protection pour mon cabinet dentaire. Grâce à la panique générale – même mes collègues ont fait […]