Tag: century
Netflix and Co .: These are the best series of the 21st century
While most of the series were actually still on television in the past, streaming services are now enjoying ever greater success. They are increasingly relying on their own productions and…
When “the Pollet gang” terrorized Flanders, a little over a century ago
“When I was a kid, my godmother frightened me by telling the stories of the gang to Pollet. For me, as for many post-war children, this Abel Pollet was the…
Too dilapidated, the old 19th century prison will close its doors for good
A page in prison history is turning in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin). In a country often singled out for the dilapidation of its prisons and its prison overcrowding, the dilapidated 19th century…
Maybrit Illner: The high bars of the coalition of the century – media
The politics talk show fan now has to concentrate properly again. After all, the FDP and the Greens fought very entertaining battles until a few weeks ago, in which it…
Can Karim Benzema really become the first French Ballon d’Or of the 21st century?
After the soap opera of Kylian Mbappé’s false start at Real Madrid this summer, French football has found a new passion: the race for the Ballon d’Or of Karim Benzema.…
France cancels celebration in Washington after breach of “contract of the century”
Nothing works between the United States and France. The French Embassy in Washington has confirmed that the French authorities are canceling a gala scheduled for Friday evening in the American…
The incredible story of the rescue of a 15th century church turned into a parking lot
It is a photo that may have changed the course of history for this 15th century chapel in Bordeaux. This image of the nave occupied by vehicles, taken by a…
How Alphonse Bertillon invented the technical police in the 19th century
Paris, October 16, 1902. In his office in rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, dentist Auguste Alaux discovers, in the early morning, the lifeless body of his servant. Joseph Reibel, 45, was…
Vidocq, the former convict who became a police officer in the 19th century
In his office, rue Sainte-Anne, in Paris, the head of the 2nd division of the prefecture of police, Jean Henry, attentively reads the letter sent by a detainee. The policeman…
These viral photos of a glacier a century apart are “the perfect illustration of the retreat of glaciers”
Spectacular images, witnesses of the retreat of glaciers on our planet. A black and white photo showing a man in a rowboat in front of an ice cream parlor is…