There are significant meetings, inspiring initiatives, comforting news. Liberation tells them. They prove that everywhere and despite everything, we can have fun, innovate, cultivate ourselves, hope. Above all, you should not deprive yourself of it.
Arthur Rimbaud, Poste mortem: these hundreds of letters that the poet still receives in Charleville-Mézières
The poet continues to receive missives from all over the world, archived since the 90s in the Ardennes. But why then address him in this way beyond death? Read the article.
“It was a great little car, it looked young”: the R5 or the keys to French success
The everyday car, reinvented by Renault as a paragon of electric this year, attracted many young drivers from the 70s and 80s for its practicality. To its credit: rounded shapes, a unique color palette, better handling and good value for money. Read the article.
Prisons: prisoners’ thirst for knowledge, a first step towards reintegration
In the detention centers of Riom, Roanne or Rennes, the Albin association offers university-level conferences in all disciplines. An undeniably successful initiative that has its roots in the mid-20th century. Read the article.
Love with others: the more, the more we enjoy?
The most commonly shared fantasy, regardless of gender and sexual orientation, sexual relations with others, including the famous threesome, seduces many French men and women looking for exploration outside of monogamy. Read the article.
“Moving here was a breath of fresh air”: in Paris, transitional shared accommodation for separated parents
In the 20th arrondissement of the capital, the Pause Toit association opened original temporary accommodation this year to allow single-parent families, hit hard by the housing crisis, to settle down during their search. Read the article.
South Korean Han Kang, a haunted author who won the 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature
The 53-year-old writer, author of the novels “La Végétarienne” and “Impossibles Adieux”, was appointed this Thursday, October 10 by the jury of the Swedish Academy. Read his profile.
David Castello-Lopes: “Going back to the origin of things makes you see the world with more pixels”
The comedian and journalist publishes a book with Denoël based on his obsession with the origins of everyday objects. For the author, being interested in the trivial allows us to perceive reality differently and to question the passing of time. Read the interview.
In Corsica, scientists discover by chance millions of nests of picarel, a fish with an “exceptional ecological role”
The research organization Andromeda Oceanology reported this Wednesday, October 9, the observation in the Mediterranean of numerous specimens of this species described as “an ecosystem engineer creating oases of marine life.” Read the article.
In Ariège, with the adventurers of lost streams
Sometimes considered as simple ditches, watercourses contribute to ecological balance. A nature defense association is surveying the Pyrenees department with the aim of identifying these “little haired ones”. Read the article.
Abandonment of a motorway project in Val-d’Oise: “The work of the collective and elected officials has borne fruit”
This 11-kilometer expressway in the north of Paris, which was to cross six municipalities, was abandoned by the department at the end of September. Opponents celebrated this unexpected victory on Saturday October 5. Read the report.
