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Le Charles: filming a drama series on an operational aircraft carrierMilitary exercises, restricted access, reconstructed sets: production accounts of Le Charles show how the ship dictated some of the crew’s work.
Hôtel Paris: Théodore Eristavi tells a story of exile between two worldsShortlisted for the second round of the La Renaissance Française prize, Théodore Eristavi’s novel revisits a departure from Georgia and a childhood in Montmartre.
The Celts: what archaeology reveals behind the clichésBehind the warrior stereotypes, excavations reveal towns, craftspeople and exchanges between regions. From Bibracte to Lavau, what archaeology tells us about the Celts.
SOS Méditerranée: from rescue to disembarkation, one and the same operationThe association’s tally, frozen on 2 October 2026, records 43,641 people rescued since 2016. Beyond bringing people aboard, rescue also involves disembarking them in a place of safety.
The Doll Shop: lived experience of Japan turned into an interactive storyAtelier Sentô turns memories of Niigata into a work of fiction blending romance and horror. Released on 12 October, the game differs from its former free prototype.
From restaurants to daily bread: two food-focused career changes in ArdècheOne left restaurant kitchens to open a bakery and patisserie; the others left research to take over a café, restaurant and grocery shop.
Flying in the mountains: what a blue sky doesn’t tell the pilotSunshine, good visibility, and yet descending air currents or severe turbulence: in the mountains, the landscape can look welcoming while the air is much less so.
Starship: why orbital refuelling remains a decisive stepMoving liquid within a spacecraft and refuelling another vehicle are two different steps. NASA documents shed light on what separates them.
Why Star Wars spacecraft don’t look like real rocketsStaged rockets, the heat of atmospheric re-entry, life on board and the speed of light: what physics really allows spacecraft to do.
‘Art History’: why telling the story of artworks differently changes how we see themA collective volume edited by Étienne Anheim, Laurence Bertrand Dorléac and Charlotte Guichard proposes revisiting art history through materials, places, problems and methods.
The Artist at fifteen: five Oscars for a collective endeavourReleased in France in October 2011, Michel Hazanavicius’s film was recognised for its acting, direction, music, costumes and production.
The first photograph of Earth from space: what the 1946 flight showedA camera aboard a V-2 photographed Earth on 24 October 1946, from an altitude of about 105 kilometres. A suborbital flight, long before images of the entire globe.