Hell of a night for “The Chef”
In a single shot, the English filmmaker Philip Barantini has filmed a real nightmare in the kitchen, fast, intense, nervous.
United Kingdom
America first or America über alles ?
The Australian submarine affair shows once again that the United States is not embarrassed by sentiment in order to impose its military, economic, cultural and judicial hegemony.
Russia threatens British warship off Crimea – Ambassador summoned
A Russian patrol ship fired warning shots and a jet fighter dropped bombs after the British destroyer HMS Defender crossed Russia’s maritime border in the Black Sea. The UK embassy’s defense attaché has been summoned by officials in Moscow and the Ambassador will be summoned to discuss the affair.
UK: Electoral boost for Boris and Brexit
Things are not going badly for Britain post Brexit. These are early days but those in Brussels, hoping to have a weakened UK to deal with, will have been disappointed.
Gunboat diplomacy off the Channel Islands
The U.K. and France are engaged in a standoff over post-Brexit fishing rights around the British Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey.
Jeanne d’Arc and fake news (3/6) Who designed Operation Pucelle?
The ploy of the envoy from heaven to save the kingdom of France was conceived by an exceptional woman: Yolande of Aragon, Duchess of Anjou, Queen of the Four Kingdoms. The operation was masterfully executed by another exceptional woman: the Pucelle d’Orléans.
Joan of Arc and the fake news (2/6) The Hundred Years War: why?
To understand the Johannine epic, we must go back to the context of the Hundred Years’ War and find out why Joan wanted, one fine day in 1428, to go and meet the king.