At Molière Month 2026, Olympe Audouard returns to the spotlight in Versailles with a play at the Auditorium Claude Debussy on ...

Violet Surprise Theatre, under the leadership of Iris Sowlat and Allison Fradkin, is presenting The Revolutionists by Lauren ...

Tuesday is Cinco de Mayo, in Mexico a relatively minor holiday, but in the United States, an excuse to indulge in margaritas, cervezas or beer, guacamole and tacos. But what exactly does Cinco de Mayo ...

Bart De Wever leads a country he believes should not exist. Yet at one of Europe’s most delicate moments, it is this Flemish nationalist – sceptical of grand schemes and deeply conscious of legacy – ...

Next July, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of its founding, a milestone set to be celebrated across the country. American history will serve as the centerpiece of many of these ...

The Irish president is recognised by the public as an important symbol of unity and identity. There is strong attachment to the office as represented by the high approval ratings for Michael D Higgins ...

The fight for women’s right to vote in elections is known as the ‘suffragette movement’. By the end of the 19th century, this had become a worldwide movement, and the words ‘feminism’ and ‘feminist ...

On Friday, the La Chapelle district welcomed the first of 10 sculptures displayed during the opening spectacle of the 2024 Summer Games in the French capital, representing pioneering French women from ...

A golden statue of campaigning lawyer Gisèle Halimi now stands proudly in the northern Paris neighbourhood. Halimi, who was born in Tunisia and died five years ago at the age of 93, gained national ...

“I’ve displayed these portraits under high ceilings too, but I think this is the lowest one,” says Franco-Indian visual artist Olympe Ramakrishna, referring to the low ceiling at Alliance Française of ...