When it opened in 1962, the bar was a hangout for writers such as Marguerite Duras, Samuel Beckett, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. It had lost some of its luster but is now being revived by ...

Based on the true story of Marguerite de La Rocque’s sojourn on an island near modern Quebec, Allegra Goodman’s novel takes ...

Acclaimed writer Kamel Daoud is being sued in France for invasion of privacy by an Algerian survivor of a 1990s massacre in ...

Presently, Nigeria is one of the leading African countries in terms of economic development and cultural and linguistic vibrancy. The Nigerian economic is one of the biggest in Africa. Although ...

In partnership with music ensemble CarmenCo, theatre and music company The Telling presents a fun-filled music and theatre show, Creating Carmen, by award-winning playwright Clare Norburn and ...

As the French Prime Minister attempts to launch a national discussion about French identity, The Local looks at how you define Frenchness, and whether it's even possible.

Roche, who has made a name for himself with his work on iconic religious sites like Chartres cathedral in recent years, is ...

Alex Matisse grew up in a family of acclaimed artists, but not until he took an after-school pottery class did he discover ...

After spending well over a decade writing for other game studios and projects, the lead writer for the timeless RPG Fallout New Vegas is back at Obsidian. While that’s excellent news for ...

The Edmonton Oilers saw their three-game winning streak come to an end on Thursday (Jan. 30), losing 3-2 to the Detroit Red Wings in a game decided by a shootout at Rogers Place. Edmonton’s Leon ...

Since his Nov. 16 arrest, Sansal’s cause has been taken up by European writers, artists and politicians, particularly those on the French right sympathetic to his criticism of Islam. Sansal has ...