Madame de Sévigné: Lettres Parisiennes
Lasting Letters
28th April 2026 | By Nick Hammond | Exhibitions
The 400th anniversary this year of the birth of that great letter-writer, the Marquise de Sévigné, afforded me the opportunity both to visit the wonderful new exhibition “Madame de Sévigné: Lettres Parisiennes” at the Musée Carnavalet (located in a building … Read More
Nan Goldin: This Will Not End Well
Double Exposure
12th April 2026 | By Heidi Ellison | Exhibitions
Nan Goldin is a survivor. Nothing could get the best of her, not family trauma, not drug addiction and not the death of many loved ones over the years from suicide, AIDS and overdoses. She photographed it all. Now 72 … Read More
Un Chant de la Terre
Speaking of the Earth
12th March 2026 | By Nick Hammond | Music
For four days between March 7 and March 10, the Philharmonie de Paris staged a series of events to celebrate the work of women poets. I was delighted to attend the opening evening, entitled Un Chant de la Terre (A … Read More
Hamlet: #La Fin d’une Enfance
Post-Shakespearean Tour de Force
10th February 2026 | By Nick Hammond | Theater & Dance
I decided to go see Hamlet: #La Fin d’une Enfance, an updated version of Shakespeare’s play, with some trepidation, as so many modern rewritings of Shakespeare tend to be pretentious at best and toe-curlingly awful at worst. After climbing several … Read More
Eugene Onegin
Musical Triumph, Conventional Staging
9th February 2026 | By Nick Hammond | Music
The headline name for this new production of Tchaikovsky’s adaptation of Pushkin’s verse novel Eugene Onegin at the Palais Garnier is evidently Ralph Fiennes in his directorial debut for the Paris Opera. Not only has the much-lauded British actor spoken … Read More
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