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Liverpool Loses Unesco World Heritage Status

In Shine Bright AMC File 19 A Tale of British Cities, we mentioned that Liverpool had been threatened with losing its UNESCO World Heritage status because of property develop plans in the historic heart of the city. On 21 July 2021, the announcement was made: UNESCO has stripped Liverpool of the status.

26 Juillet 2021

England

industrial revolution

Wales

Robot Videos

The new robot exhibition at London's Science Museum offers several videos on this motivating subject which can lead to work on science and technology, but also on human anatomy, modals and philosophical questions about what it means to be human.

24 Mars 2017

history

EPI

exhibition

William Morris Father of Arts and Crafts

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William Morris Father of Arts and Crafts

William Morris was born into Victorian Britain in the throes of the Industrial Revolution. But the artist, architect and Socialist championed instead beautiful handmade objects he believed should be in every home. An exhibition in Roubaix explores his vision, from Pre-Raphaelite art to wallpaper, hand-printed books and political organisations.

28 Octobre 2022

British history

British culture

industrial revolution

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Les femmes ont toujours travaillé

Les femmes n'ont pas commencé à travailler au début de la Grande Guerre, un podcast contre cette idée reçue.

01 Mars 2024

engagement

féminisme

industrialisation

Conseil ciné : L'Établi

Ce film, tiré du roman éponyme de Robert Linhart, fait le récit d'un établi infiltrant une usine Citroën en 1968.

21 Juin 2023

industrialisation

population

prolétariat

1

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Le commerce mondial face aux crises

Le Covid-19 et l’invasion russe de l’Ukraine ont perturbé le commerce international, soulignant nos interdépendances.

25 Novembre 2023

Echanges commerciaux

industrialisation

mondialisation

The Armour of Light: Ken Follett returns to Kingsbridge

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The Armour of Light: Ken Follett returns to Kingsbridge

34 years after the beginning of the saga, British author Ken Follett returns to Kingsbridge, an imaginary town in the south of England, with a fifth installment, The Armor of Light. With this book, Follett achieves to cover a period of more than 800 years, from the end of the Dark Ages to the time of the Battle of Waterloo.

27 Octobre 2023

British history

DNL

friendship

Exposition : Empreinte carbone !

L'empreinte carbone, concept-clé du changement climatique, s'expose au musée des Arts et Métiers. Découvrez ses enjeux.

16 Octobre 2024

environnement

exposition

industrialisation

1

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Vers des guerres dans l'espace ?

La conquête spatiale met en compétition les puissances mondiales, autour d’enjeux économiques et géopolitiques.

08 Décembre 2021

Chine

conquête

espace

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American Week in Rennes

Chicago is the focus of the first ever American Week organised by the Institut franco-américain in Rennes, from 20 to 24 March.

17 Mars 2017

Cinéma

U.S. culture

Prohibition

Développement, inégalités et risques en Chine

1

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Développement, inégalités et risques en Chine

La Chine a connu un développement rapide mais doit faire face aux défis des inégalités et des risques.

01 Décembre 2021

Chine

développement

Urbanisation

5

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William Blake: Visionary

The Tate Britain exhibition on William Blake explores this talented 19th century artist whose poems and paintings are strikingly modern and pregnant with meaning. Differentiated activities from A2+ to B2 will allow you to add Blake to a sequence on the Gothic or the Romantic movements, for example Shine Bright 1ère Advanced File 1 “Freaky dreams”.

20 Décembre 2019

poetry

art

exhibition

Labor Day: Back to School

The Labor Day holiday weekend signals the end of summer for Americans. Although it takes place at the beginning of September, and the hot weather may continue for weeks, after Labor Day, schools start again it feels like the summer vacation has ended.

22 Juillet 2017

U.S.A.

holidays

work

La baguette fait partie du patrimoine français

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La baguette fait partie du patrimoine français

La baguette française entre au patrimoine immatériel de l’humanité. Une distinction symbolique, mais pas anodine.

30 Novembre 2022

France

patrimoine

protection

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Robots Invade London's Science Museum

Robots seem futuristic, in the realm of science-fiction. But a new exhibition at London's Science Museum traces their history back 500 years. A hundred mechanical wonders have taken over the museum.

17 Mars 2017

history

exhibition

L'idée de progrès

Get Your Fill of British Film!

The Dinard British Film Festival is a wonderful event, and this year you can enjoy it even if you can’t make it to Normandy between 29 September and 3 October. A large number of the films selected are also available to watch online.

29 Septembre 2021

refugees

Dinard

Northern Ireland

Save the Date: Exhibitions for September

Self-portraits in Lille and the Golden Age of English Painting in Paris. Get ahead of the crowd by signing up now for class visits for exhibitions opening in September.

04 Juin 2019

art

paris

Romanticism

200 Years of Care for Animals

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded in London in 1822, and soon added an R to the SPCA when Queen Victoria made it a royal society. Today the Society helps rehome over 100 pets every day in England and Wales. It has campaigned to introduce many laws to protect animals and make their lives better, whether they are pets, wildlife or farm animals.

20 Août 2024

charity

animals

anniversary

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The Queen Goes Green

Britain's Prince Charles has long been recognised for his involvement in ecology. Now the Queen is turning to conservation, protecting forests all over the Commonwealth, from a tiny 2.5 hectare site in Antigua and Barbuda to the 6.4 million hectares of the Great Bear Rainforest in Canada.

24 Avril 2018

Queen

Royal

ecology

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Detroit: Modern History on Film

Detroit tells the true story of an incident during the “race riots” which swept U.S. cities in the summer of 1967. The film, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, has won praise for its portrayal of police corruption and racial tensions during that long hot summer.

25 Octobre 2017

film

civil rights

U.S. history

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Race

If there was a prize for the best film title of the year, it would definitely go to Race, the story of Jesse Owens’ victories at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. That single word manages to embody the many facets of a story which encompasses sport, politics and the triumph of the human spirit.

03 Août 2016

Olympics

film

Jesse Owens

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Bend it Like Bruce

The latest film by Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha is Blinded by the Light, the story of a teenager in Thatcher-era northern England whose life is changed by the lyrics of Bruce Springsteen. The coming-of-age story is based on the real-life experiences of Safraz Manzoor, growing up a first generation Pakistani-Briton and trying to form an identity between his parents’ expectations and his own desires.

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Elon Musk: a Serial Entrepreneur

In less than 2 decades, with Zip2, PayPal, SpaceX and Tesla Motors, the South African entrepreneur Elon Musk has become one of the most influential entrepreneurs in the world. A mix between Tony (Iron Man) Stark and Henry Ford, Elon Musk’s life story reads like a myth or maybe a comic book.

23 Septembre 2016

mythes et héros

biography

Musk

The First Native American U.S. Interior Secretary

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The First Native American U.S. Interior Secretary

New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland has become the first Native American to lead the Department of the Interior, which manages federal lands and natural resources, and includes the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

24 Mai 2021

Native American

Indian reservation

U.S. politics

February is Black History Month

It’s changed names and format several times since 1924, but February in the U.S. is African-American History Month, when schools, cultural institutions and the general public celebrate the African-Americans whose stories have often been left out of official history books.

16 Février 2021

Martin Luther King

mythes et héros

Civil War

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Love in Harlem

If Beale Street Could Talk, one of this year’s Oscar-nominated films has impeccable credentials: the first English-language film adapted from one of James Baldwin’s novels, it was both adapted and directed by Barry Jenkins, who won the 2017 Best Picture Oscar for Moonlight.

07 Février 2019

U.S.A.

film

literature

Live By Night: Ben Affleck in Gangster Mode

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Live By Night: Ben Affleck in Gangster Mode

Ben Affleck's latest film is a return to a classic film genre: the gangster movie set during Prohibition-era U.S.A.

17 Janvier 2017

film

mythes et héros

U.S. history

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Suffragettes on Screen

The Suffragette campaign was one of the major civil-rights movements of 20th century Britain. It's amazing that 100 years after women finally got the vote, there had never been a film made about it!

17 Août 2016

civil rights

feminism

lieux et formes de pouvoir

Ken Loach Trying to See the Hope

At age 87, veteran British filmmaker Ken Loach says The Old Oak will be his last film and it closes the trilogy set in the north-east of England after I, Daniel Blake (Cannes Palme d’or 2016) and Sorry We Missed You (2019). It looks at the arrival of a group of Syrian refugees to be housed in a rundown north-eastern town, the reactions of different locals and the bonds that are formed between the communities.

24 Octobre 2023

refugees

film

Ken Loach

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Valerian Strikes Back!

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is the new film by Luc Besson adapted from the science-fiction comic strip series by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières that inspired a whole generation of artists, writers and film-makers… including Georges Lucas.

18 Juillet 2017

film

comic book

space

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Liverpool Loses Unesco World Heritage Status

Robot Videos

William Morris Father of Arts and Crafts

Les femmes ont toujours travaillé

Conseil ciné : L'Établi

Le commerce mondial face aux crises

The Armour of Light: Ken Follett returns to Kingsbridge

Exposition : Empreinte carbone !

Vers des guerres dans l'espace ?

American Week in Rennes

Développement, inégalités et risques en Chine

William Blake: Visionary

Labor Day: Back to School

La baguette fait partie du patrimoine français

Robots Invade London's Science Museum

Get Your Fill of British Film!

Save the Date: Exhibitions for September

200 Years of Care for Animals

The Queen Goes Green

Detroit: Modern History on Film

Race

Bend it Like Bruce

Elon Musk: a Serial Entrepreneur

The First Native American U.S. Interior Secretary

February is Black History Month

Love in Harlem

Live By Night: Ben Affleck in Gangster Mode

Suffragettes on Screen

Ken Loach Trying to See the Hope

Valerian Strikes Back!