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Muriel Zagha

London

Writer and Broadcaster at Freelance

French writer & broadcaster; film specialist – BBC, TLS, ENGELSBERG IDEAS, BFI, SPECTATOR Instagram @murielzaghawriter https://t.co/lv6meI25T7

Articles

  • 1 week ago | the-tls.co.uk | Muriel Zagha

    Welcome to the TLSTo access over 1000 book reviews, essays and more, subscribe here

  • 1 month ago | engelsbergideas.com | Muriel Zagha

    Who doesn’t love a map? Especially, perhaps, a fictional one that represents a place of the imagination, a dreamland, a form of utopia. An unusual example of this type of cartography appeared in France in the mid-17th century: the , a map of the imaginary land of Tender designed to chart the progress of love. Imagined by the author Madeleine de Scudéry, the map was published in 1654 with the first volume of her romance Clélie.

  • 1 month ago | engelsbergideas.com | Muriel Zagha

    Four men dressed in skin-tight hooded jumpsuits – one black, one blue, one green and one red – are waiting, some sitting down, others doing handstands, in what looks like a space-age white pod. No-one says anything; the atmosphere is tense. Suddenly, an alarm sounds and the black-clad and the blue-clad men rush forwards, aiming for a small aperture in the far wall of the pod. What is going on? Who are these men and what are they competing for?

  • 1 month ago | the-tls.co.uk | Muriel Zagha

    Welcome to the TLSWinner of the 2024 Niche Market Newspaper of the Year Award and proudly niche since 1902.

  • 2 months ago | engelsbergideas.com | Muriel Zagha

    ‘It is a song that resembles us’ (‘C’est une chanson qui nous ressemble’) is a well-known line from the classic love song Les feuilles mortes, written by Jacques Prévert and composed by Joseph Kosma in 1949. It was made internationally famous when performed in French by Yves Montand and then Juliette Gréco, and also became a hit in English – both Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole made it their own.

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MURIEL ZAGHA
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22 Apr 25

RT @petitesequence: Élina Labourdette Les Dames du bois de Boulogne Robert Bresson, 1945 https://t.co/pcQD3mmCPf

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22 Apr 25

In 1956, the French government put an end to the serving of wine in primary schools. #frenchschoolcanteen #lacantine @GarlicAndPearls

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La consommation de vin dans le monde est à son plus bas niveau depuis 1961, selon l’Organisation internationale du vin. ⏪ Retour en 1956, lorsque la France interdisait l'alcool à la cantine. 🍷 https://t.co/i8X3TxbK9i

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22 Apr 25

RT @TheOldHollywood: Moira Shearer and Anton Walbrook in a publicity still for The Red Shoes (1948) https://t.co/tGc5qae3XK