“The result is a tribute to all French people”
Knebworth, England, April 28, 2024 You could believe it was a miracle. As I write these lines, the reopening of Notre-Dame de…
our selection of 3 fascinating novels that tell stories of survival
Madelaine before dawnby Sandrine ColletteEd. JC Lattès, 252 p. ; €20.90. A few centuries ago, a few generations, in an indefinite time,…
frame, spire, finials… the striking images of the reconstruction of the missing roof
Notre-Dame de Paris: reconstruction of the framework Zoom out © Stéphane Compoint for Le Pèlerin Throughout France, pairs made up of a…
“This new framework vibrates with the imperfect beauty of manual pruning”
“When I was 11, my father took me to see volunteers from Charpentiers Sans Frontières restore a tithe barn*. I was struck…
Autonomy, accelerated convalescence… this revolutionary exoskeleton chair would improve the lives of 470,000 French people
It was a year ago, at Christmas time. Marianna, 51, from Béziers (Hérault), joined her parents for the holidays, in the Paris…
how the Italian painter sublimates religious iconography
In a circular canvas, Mary holds Jesus to her heart. Both stare at the viewer. This Virgin in the chair (1513-1514) is…
“My guilty pleasure, the 4 p.m. custard!” »
What does the Christmas period mean to you? It rhymes above all with family and tradition, but also with time spent in…
Off the coast of Mauritius, the moving story of an oceanographer who formed a unique relationship with a sperm whale
It is an extraordinary scientific experiment that has been taking place off the coast of Mauritius since 2013. Rather than studying the…
One year after norovirus contamination, oyster farmers decide to break a taboo
It’s not easy to open oysters, a few hours before Christmas Eve. Jean-Pierre, veterinarian in Chabanais, in Limousin, nevertheless tackles it every…
In what year was Jesus born?
Michael Langlois is a researcher at the CNRS / Collège de France, lecturer at the University of Strasbourg and author of several…