German Philosopher Hannah Arendt and her husband the Marxist poet/philosopher Heinrich Blücher, both Jews, managed to escape the French Detention Camp where they had been imprisoned and lived out the rest of World War 2 in New York. They quickly established themselves, and Arendt scored many prestigious teaching positions …. she was the first ever … Continue reading
In the late 1980’s Daniele Mazet–Delpeuze was running a small Bed & Breakfast on her new truffle farm in Perigord in Northern France when out of the blue she got a call to tell her that someone in Paris wanted her to cook for him. On the recommendation on none other than Joel Robuchon, President Mitterand of … Continue reading
As I left the movie house somewhat dazed I simply couldn’t get the phrase out of my head about ‘sons bearing the guilt of their fathers’. Google tells me this originated from the Old Testament where it is paraphrased quite a few times. The trouble is as so often, the Bible is confusion personified and … Continue reading
FDR was evidently quite the whizz at fooling a lot of people a lot of the time, and yet when he was found out, it appears he was always forgiven. Eventually. With the co-operation of the media who never photographed him a wheelchair most of the American general public never knew that they were re-electing … Continue reading
This is an absurd and strange comedy that hooked me at the beginning (weird in my book is a very good thing) but then it went off on so many tangents that it spoilt what I had thought/hoped would be a really funny wee movie. Henry is the brilliant kid at the center of the … Continue reading