Tag: m-personal
“In the VIP area, the girls are cattle”
Arrival of the 40,000 euro bottle of champagne at the new Le Palais nightclub, in the Palais des Festivals, in Cannes, in August 2007. SIPA Parisian golden youth are out…
“My father tells me that he wants to come with his mistress to my mother and I tell him that I don’t want to see him anymore”
XAVIER LISSILLOUR “I have no memory of living together with my father. He was working overseas and would be gone for weeks at a time. My mother was a drawing…
The long history of menopause
Hot flashes, night sweats, palpitations, vulvovaginal dryness, urinary problems, fatigue, insomnia, irritability, anxiety, joint pain, increased risk of developing osteoporosis or cardiovascular disease… This long list of symptoms often holds…
Is sleeping in front of the TV the new stage of awakening?
“The World After Us” (2023), by Sam Esmail. COURTESY NETFLIX PFor this end-of-year column, I had planned to tell you about exciting programs, but I must make a confession: I…
“Lots of false things are said about teenagers”
Marie Rose Moro at La Closerie des Lilas, September 5, 2023. SAMUEL KIRSZENBAUM FOR “THE WORLD” Marie Rose Moro does not arrive on Rocinante’s back, but on a bicycle. The…
“The satisfaction of making a classic cake according to the rules of the art”
Paccredited by the most prestigious Parisian establishments, from Fauchon to Crillon, the 58-year-old pastry chef returned to his Alsatian lands in 2012, where he opened two stores with his colleague…
“With feminist self-defense, the objective is to break women’s feeling of vulnerability”
Mathilde Blézat, in Maseille in 2022. MOHAMED BOUKRAIA Mathilde Blézat, is the author of For feminist self-defense (Editions of the last letter, 2022). She returns to this specific approach to…
in the village where garden gnomes are kings
Laurent Pradié, from the Umpeau festival committee, in Eure-et-Loir. FP HAS Umpeau (Eure-et-Loir), the festival committee has a crazy dream: to make this village of 400 inhabitants the world capital…
two days in a driving license points recovery course
Front of an establishment organizing driving license points recovery courses, in Paris, November 30, 2023. CHA GONZALEZ FOR “THE WORLD” The gaze plunges towards the ground, attaches to a fixed…
How to survive the end of year celebrations without alcohol?
DAVID ADRIEN En 2023, many things in the world have gone to shit. So let’s hit the nail on the head: in this section dedicated to wine, at the time…
The boom in female self-defense: “I needed to remember that deep down I am a warrior”
Over the past decade, self-defense classes have grown in popularity among women. From the metro to the street, including domestic violence, the reasons that push them to take responsibility for…
“I would rather go naked a thousand times than sing in public”
Sylvie Testud, at Café Marly, in Paris, November 8, 2023. LAURA STEVENS FOR “THE WORLD” Behind the sofa where she sat, a breathtaking view of the monumental sculpture room of…