Art · Museums · Paris

Official Gold Badge of a Member of the Jury of the 1900 Summer Olympic Games

Artist: Louis Alexandre Bottée. On the tongue of the reverse, the label “Christofle, orfèvres, Paris”.

Faith · Observations · Society · Paris

The Olympic flame and ancient cults in the post author's reading of Games rituals

In essence, the Olympic Games are in fact a ritual. And by no means a Christian one. Only now, however, does the mystical, dark side of the rites attached to the "Games" become plainly visible. The Olympic flame is a tribute to Prometheus, who stole fire from the

NB! · Society · Paris

The Opening of the Olympics

The opening of the Olympics. The sky over Paris

NB! · Observations · Paris · Pop Culture · Humour

Has anyone worked out whether those African women on the bridge at the Olympic opening ceremony are an allusion to gargoyles, or just a number in the wailing-Kevin style?

Art · Mores · Paris · People

Surgeon Samuel Pozzi, his romance with Sarah Bernhardt and her 1915 leg amputation

The celebrated surgeon and simply the handsomest man of his day, Samuel Jean Pozzi, captured in an equally celebrated portrait by John Singer Sargent, was the hero of numerous love affairs. One of them bound him to the greatest actress of her age, Sarah Bernhardt. The vivid romance between the

Art · Observations · Society · Paris

Saint-Germain-des-Prés gallery owners complain about barriers and QR code passes during the Olympics

Art gallery owners in some Paris neighbourhoods complain that, despite the appeals for a cultural contribution to the Olympics, access to their galleries has simply been blocked. And the question is no longer one of boosting sales in the tourist season, but of how the gallery staff themselves are to