Japan was this year’s focus at the Paris bookfair. I decided to concentrate on their mangas. Comic strips are a French speciality so the French are naturally inclined towards the Japanese mangas. France is the country in the world that publish most mangas after Japan. The world famous artist Hokusai Hokusai travelled around Japan in… Continue reading Mangas or “images for entertainment”
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The fall of the Pharaoh but the emergence of Art
Champollion is the man that is commonly known as the Hieroglyphs’interpreter. Only a few know that it’s a Swedish name – Åkerbald – that’s ingraved in the Egyptian Museum’s façade. It was him that started with the difficult task of trying to translate the Rosetta stone’s engravings. Pharaoh’s history has intrigued and interested all… Continue reading The fall of the Pharaoh but the emergence of Art
The French Feminists have become Feminine!
The scandal with the French Presidential candidate Strauss Kahn (DSK) brought along its path some positive changes: the French feminist movement reappeared after a slumbering existence, albeit in a somewhat different shape. Feminism In France there are still tremendous differences between men’s and women’s salary for the same job – sometimes as much as 19%!… Continue reading The French Feminists have become Feminine!