A poem for the road: “The Evening Downpour”, by Pierre Peuchmaurd

This is a record that France would have happily done without. On Tuesday June 23, France experienced temperatures so high that the country was among the hottest areas...

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Two episodes of prolonged heatwave took place in three weeks. Everyone has adapted according to where they live, their means, their ability to escape where it is less...

“1944 will begin, for most of us, with worries. But I really believe that, more truthfully than ever, we can – provided we rise above individual chances –...