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La grive musicienne. Dès le printemps, à l’heure de l’apéro sur la terrasse, elle nous fait l’honneur d’une sérénade combinant plus d’une dizaine de variations. C’est d’une délicatesse incomparable. Un chanteur Denez Prigent, bien sûr. Le respect de la tradition du kan ha diskan en apprivoisant les technologies actuelles. Quel pari et quel talent, que celui de combiner dans le même spectacle le chant a capella et la musique électronique ! La source qui devrait toujours alimenter la rivière. Un roman Parmi tant d’autres, Retour à Killybegs de Sorj Chalandon, pour la force des images et la justesse des mots. Un cri de révolte terrible. C’est un récit sans complaisance. À lire sur le sujet Retrouvez la Bretagne d’autres personnalités Une rencontre Monsieur Jean Rohou, dont je suis fier d’être l’un des amis, un humaniste d’une intelligence affûtée. Il est spécialiste, s’il en est, du théâtre de Racine, mais également de la société paysanne bretonne et de ses coutumes profondes.

Architects and designers have recycled ancient practice of collecting rainwater to make buildings ecologically friendlyWhen the legendary Taiwanese rock band Mayday were due to perform in Beijing one evening in May 2023, some fans were worried that the rainy weather could affect the show. Mayday were taking to the stage in Beijing’s National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, built for the 2008 Olympics. Like the real-life twig piles that give the building its nickname, the stadium is built with an intricate and highly porous lattice, made of steel.“Don’t worry too much,” reassured an article published by the official newsletter for China’s ministry of water resources. “The Bird’s Nest also has its ‘secret weapon’!” Continue reading...

Every week my DisOrient FC team and I would show up at the Park Tavern, our second home, drown our sorrows after a five-a-side match and forge ongoing friendshipsWhatever else you might say about the Park Tavern, you can unequivocally say this: it is, without question, the closest pub to the five-a-side pitches where my team DisOrient FC used to play every Tuesday night from 2011 to 2016. Continue reading...

Pleas for scrutiny of system fraught with accusations of negligence after one-year-old’s death in hospitalNigerians have called for urgent reforms to the healthcare sector after the death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 21-month-old son prompted an outpouring of grief and accounts of negligence and inadequate care.In a leaked WhatsApp message, the bestselling author said she had been told by a doctor that the resident anaesthesiologist at the Lagos hospital treating her son Nkanu Nnamdi had administered an overdose of the sedative propofol. Continue reading...