FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - Caught on Camera

Veil, Baker and Curie: acclaimed women to appear on new French coins

France is redesigning its 10, 20 and 50 euro cent coins to honour women who have marked the country's history. The faces of national icons Simone Veil, Josephine Baker and Marie Curie will appear on coins set to go into circulation from the middle of 2024.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 10, 2024

France inducts Resistance hero Manouchian into Panthéon

French President Emmanuel Macron led a ceremony Wednesday honouring Missak Manouchian, a stateless poet of Armenian origin who died fighting the Nazi occupation during World War II. Manouchian’s induction in the Panthéon mausoleum in Paris alongside other French national heroes is seen as a tribute to all the foreign fighters…

France 24 · Feb 21, 2024

Armenian Resistance Fighter Joins France's Pantheon Heroes

A stateless Armenian poet who died fighting the Nazi occupation of France during World War II on Wednesday becomes the first non-French Resistance fighter to enter the Pantheon mausoleum for national heroes.

International Business Times · Feb 21, 2024

Nothing Ever Just Disappears by Diarmuid Hester review – room with a view

Hester underlines the importance of place in this study of seven queer lives, from EM Forster to Josephine Baker

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2023

Nothing Ever Just Disappears review – fascinating journeys into LGBTQ+ courage

Diarmuid Hester’s travelogue celebrates the history of queer spaces in 20th century subculture, from Josephine Baker’s Paris to EM Forster’s Cambridge

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2023

P.S. Burn This Letter Please by Craig Olsen review – tales from New York’s drag scene

An eccentric retelling of the lives, loves and traumas of 1950s and 60s queens

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2023

Love in a Time of Hate by Florian Illies review – dissolute years of a doomed generation

The experimental sex lives of the artists and thinkers of the roaring 20s are set against the burgeoning threat of fascism in this wickedly amusing and timely book

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2023

Dior Dazzles with Josephine Baker-Inspired Haute Couture Show in Paris

Dior designer Maria Grazia Chiuri paid homage to Josephine Baker with her spring haute couture show on Monday, sending out a dazzling lineup featuring golden jaquards, crushed velvet and beaded fringes that swayed and sparkled down the runway. "She immediately understood the power of fashion," Chiuri said of Baker, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 23, 2023

Dior revives the spirit of Josephine Baker as its catwalk guiding light

The performer, civil rights icon and Dior devotee is restored to the fashion pantheon in Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Paris show

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2023

Brussels tries to cool locals’ anger over ‘racist’ street murals – with QR codes

City authorities hope to soothe those who are ‘deeply shocked’ by the comic-strip trail of Belgium’s rich history

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022