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At Châtelaillon-Plage, a fair for looking at objects before buying themA piece of furniture, a painting or a piece of crockery catches the eye first. Its period, provenance and attribution then call for precise questions.
Point d’orgue: Alma Bettencourt brings new music to a Bach programmeAmid the transcriptions, jazz and improvisations around Bach, a new work found its place.
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.
Ten-year OATs: why crossing 5% matters for France5.082% on 22 October, then 4.907% on 26 October: the French ten-year yield crossed a threshold before falling back. This market movement affects the state’s future borrowing conditions.
Riots or armed conflict: what words change in lawImages of violence may be enough to make the expression “civil war” circulate. Humanitarian law examines more precise elements: the intensity of the fighting and the organisation of the groups involved.
Pascal Mahé: from Barjots medals to youth coachingWorld champion in 1995, Pascal Mahé is also listed among the staff at Normandy’s elite sports academy. His career sheds light on several forms of passing on knowledge in handball.
Françoise Dolto: a new biography revisits her legacyA biography of Françoise Dolto by Emmanuelle Loyer is published on 29 October. Her influence on childhood, her media profile and contemporary criticism are put into context.
Back to Folegandros: a letter to reunite a family torn apartAgnès Martin-Lugand sets her new novel in the Cyclades. The starting point: a 25-year-old son summons his parents to the island of their past.
Heatwave: why the body becomes exhausted when nights stay hotSweating, humidity, the heart and kidneys: understanding the body’s limits in prolonged heat and MeteoLux’s new alert system.
After 24 October, CGT calls strike for 5 NovemberThe union announces a new day of strikes and demonstrations. The figures for 24 October should be read with two separate participation counts and provisional security figures.
Athenian democracy: choosing leaders is not enoughAn essay by Vincent Azoulay sheds new light on the control of elites. Research into sortition also invites us to distinguish political rights from actual participation.
Why the cold can make you need to urinate more oftenVasoconstriction, the kidneys, vasopressin: cold-induced diuresis has several mechanisms. It should not obscure other causes of frequent urination.