Destinations
A Social History of the Jewish East End in London, 1914-1939 (1992), J. Green It is presumed that Jews have been part of the fabric of London since the Roman invasion in 41 A.D. ...
Film
How often has it been said that opera can’t be translated into film? That the camera lens accentuates an opera’s artificiality and turns the protagonists into caricatures? Benoit Jacquot’s masterfully inventive two-hour Tosca, will change the minds of the ...
Film
Bertrand Tavernier’s brilliant new film, Laisser-passer pays homage to film-making during the Nazi occupation, a time often considered to be France’s Golden Age of cinema, best remembered for such masterpieces as Marcel Carne’s Les Enfants du Paradis and Les ...
Destinations
Le Musee Vivant du Cheval (Living Horse Museum) Access: 30 minutes from the Gare du Nord train station to Chantilly Gouvieux, with trains running every hour. From the station, you can take a bus or a cab, ...
Art & Architecture
Pier Francesco Fiorentino, Virgin Mary and Child with John the Baptist, Angels and The Holy Father 15the century photo credit: Jacquemart-Andre Collection When the Louvre and the Musee d’Orsay are on strike or closed for a ...
