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Becoming KL: a short happy review
I've recently watched the TV mini series "Becoming Karl Lagerfeld. I really liked it. I had read Karl Lagerfeld's Wiki page at least a...
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Oct 27, 20234 min read
MasterChef Australia and the virtues of criticism
About MasterChef Australia and its brand new "modern" taste...
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Oct 15, 20233 min read
Flags (the lost hope of lowering gender contrasts)
Will asexual, non-binary people ever get their place in the universal sun? Not so sure...
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Oct 7, 20233 min read
Je ne parle plus français, but...
I've always wondered why I still write things in French. I've never felt like I was French. From as far as I can remember, I've never felt
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Sep 9, 20232 min read
Wish for average dumb
You do not want to be intelligent. Not in a world where approximately 95% of people are quite stupid.
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Aug 26, 20232 min read
The wrinkles of our (Rn'R) idols
There is something more cruel than seeing oneself getting old. It's seeing our idols getting old. Grand-fathers on stage like...
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Aug 14, 20231 min read
Quick note to mice and shrews
We have a strict policy when it comes to the "littles" (i.e. all types of mice and shrews) here: Don't come into the house and start...
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Jul 14, 20234 min read
Letter to a woman I knew
I have so many things I wish I would have said to you. But one can live with someone else for a third of a century without getting to know
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Jul 2, 20232 min read
Marcus vs. Hugh
A few days ago we started watching the 10-part television series "Marcus Wareing's Tales from a Kitchen Garden", that aired on BBC Two in...
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Jul 1, 20233 min read
A quick note to Instagram "photographers"
As a photographer, I use a camera. Stating the obvious? Not anymore. The meaning of the word "photographer" has drastically changed those...
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Jun 26, 20232 min read
Better with (George, Liam, the Pope and the Queen)
A delirium about Oasis, The Beatles, the Pope and the Queen.
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May 7, 20232 min read
Petit Précis de Pâtisserie: a note to the Great British Bake Off (and other shows)
I can't help but notice that the English language is pretty messy when it comes to food. Especially pastry... Things got lost in...
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Apr 23, 20233 min read
Making (wild) friends
I'm terrible at making human friends. I always behave awkwardly. I can't handle feelings. I don't know how to react. I don't know if I...
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Apr 12, 20232 min read
N'importe quoi or the new aesthetic order
I have to strongly disagree with the aesthetic choices of today's world. It seems to me that we live in an era that turns its back on beauty
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Mar 17, 20232 min read
Smells, taste and cooking shows
Can you smell this? A wild animal could for sure, but can you? I have a very good sense of smell (officially called hyperosmia, it's "an...
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