Hollywood in the seventies and eighties: the Spielberg era

Posted on Oct 25, 2011 in "L’idée de progrès", "Mythes et héros", Film, Listening, Technology | 0 comments

In order to understand Hollywood's late twentieth century history, two students set out to look at Hollywood's second Golden Age: the 1970s and 1980s, otherwise put, the age of Spielberg and the blockbuster.

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‘You’ve got to find what you love’.

Posted on Oct 23, 2011 in "L’idée de progrès", "Mythes et héros", Featured articles, Listening, News, Society, Technology, Trends | 0 comments

Louis Champavier and Lou Dubreuil present their homage to the late Steve Jobs We are Louis and Lou, we are at the Lycée Ampère...

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What makes an image “iconic”?

Posted on Oct 17, 2011 in "Espaces et échanges", "L’idée de progrès", "Mythes et héros", Featured articles | 0 comments

Dr. Martin Kemp sets out to explain what makes an image 'iconic'.

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British tales, myths and legends

Posted on Oct 16, 2011 in "Lieux et formes du pouvoir", "Litérature", "Mythes et héros", Featured articles | 0 comments

Rome Servet and Myriam Bahaffou from the Lycée Ampère, Lyon, France, offer you a potted history of the tales, myths and legends that have been handed down from generation to generation among the peoples of Great Britain.

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Much Ado About Nothing

Posted on Oct 12, 2011 in "Litérature", "Mythes et héros", Featured articles, Film, Listening | 1 comment

Two students from Lyon introduce Shakespeare's play and Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation.

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What are they eating in Lyon?

Posted on Oct 12, 2011 in "Espaces et échanges", "Mythes et héros", Society | 0 comments

La cuisine lyonnaise is a French regional cuisine from Lyon, France.  In the sixteenth century, Catherine de...

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Romeo & Juliet in Film

Posted on Oct 2, 2011 in "Litérature", "L’idée de progrès", "Mythes et héros", Featured articles, Film, Listening | 0 comments

Two film interpretations of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.

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Martin Luther King

Posted on Oct 2, 2011 in "Mythes et héros", Featured articles, Listening | 0 comments

Re-discover Martin Luther King's "I have a dream speech" in French and English. Learn about the social and political context and the allusions and references he uses.

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1066 and all that

Posted on Sep 29, 2011 in "Espaces et échanges", "Lieux et formes du pouvoir", "Litérature", "Mythes et héros", Featured articles, Trends | 0 comments

One man shares his vision of the teaching of British history in UK schools.

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Into the wild

Posted on Sep 29, 2011 in "Mythes et héros", Featured articles, Film, Listening | 2 comments

Discover one man's lone adventure into the American wilderness.

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Shakespeare in German

Posted on Sep 18, 2011 in "Espaces et échanges", "Litérature", "Mythes et héros", Featured articles | 0 comments

German theatres host more Shakespeare plays every year than British theatres. Why this affinity for Shakespeare in Germany?

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Philosophy in schools

Posted on Sep 18, 2011 in "Litérature", "L’idée de progrès", "Mythes et héros", Featured articles | 1 comment

British schools do not teach philosophy. Maybe that is about to change.

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The Pentagon’s grip on Hollywood

Posted on Sep 13, 2011 in "Lieux et formes du pouvoir", "Mythes et héros", Featured articles, Film, Politics | 0 comments

Title of the article: New projects, including Kathryn Bigelow’s bin Laden film, show rising pressure on filmmakers to please the...

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