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Former French prime minister and architect of 35-hour week dies

Jospin became prime minister in 1997 and led a broad left-wing government under French conservative President Jacques Chirac

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The man behind Scotland and Corsica’s enduring link

It is a common belief among Scots that certain European peoples have a special regard for them, unlike any feeling they may nurture for other…

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A scholar and a hater: new podcast focuses on historical figures that suck

Claire Aubin’s podcast This Guy Sucked explores the viler actions of ‘great men’ for a more holistic view of history

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Candide review – a joyous, dazzling, bonkers satire

Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland TheatreDean Bryant, one of Australia’s greatest directors, coaxes magic out of Voltaire’s novella in an operetta that is both funny and meaningful

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Eddie Perfect charms in wild and witty Bernstein opera

A dazzling production combining French philosophy and Broadway tunes by musical virtuoso Leonard Bernstein is having its Australian run.

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Versailles at the Science Museum review: a beautiful show harking back to a time when science wasn't considered bleakly functional

4/5 This collection of artefacts from the French court marries cutting-edge (for the time) technology with beauty

Evening Standard

The Best of All Possible Worlds by Michael Kempe review – portrait of an optimistic thinker

A newly translated biography rescues Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz – the 17th-century German philosopher – from Voltaire’s parody of him as a sunny but deluded soul

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The climate crisis and all the evil in the world drives me to despair

The world will continue to be absurd, but you, with all your passion, can still make your corner of it more bearable

The Guardian - UK

Voltaire Era on the Horizon: Cardano's June Hard Fork Approaches

Charles Hoskinson, the Cardano brainchild, dropped big news on June 9 via X. Hoskinson said that Cardano is entering the Age of Voltaire.

International Business Times

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s best career advice came from an elderly gardener

“I’m rarely chasing things,” said billionaire executive while on a highly profitable winning streak.

Fortune

Exploring The Influential Political Thinkers Of The Enlightenment Era

Learn about key Enlightenment Thinkers like Locke, Rousseau, and Voltaire who shaped modern political thought.

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The Holy Roman Empire, Actual Malice, and Criminal Conversation

The Holy Roman Empire, it was famously put (by Voltaire, I think), was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire. Likewise, the First Amendment "actual malice" test isn't actually about malice, but rather about whether the speaker knew the statement was false or likely false (and indeed the Court has…

Reason

31 People Confess Things They Didn’t Know Until Embarrassingly Late In Life

As Voltaire, an 18th-century writer, historian, and philosopher, said in one of his most popular quotes, “Common sense is not so common.” The post 31 People Confess Things They Didn’t Know Until Embarrassingly Late In Life first appeared on Bored Panda.

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‘As subtle as a brick in the face’: Barbara Kruger’s cacophonous Trumpspeak premonitions

The US artist’s work is a riot of words and images that now seem to have eerily foreshadowed Donald Trump – and a grinding, alarming soundtrack has been added for this astonishing, rattling exhibition

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Mike Johnson's demon-haunted world

If you believe Noah's ark was real and demons come out of the TV, it's just a small jump to embrace the Big Lie

The Independent UK

Charles gives Macron Voltaire collection to mark first state visit

In return, the president gave the King a golden coin featuring Charles’s portrait.

The Week

A weekend in Venice: travel guide, things to do, food and drink

Venice, the “floating city” in northeast Italy, has an intangible magic. The canals coursing between the 118 islands on which it is built, and under the almost 400 bridges connecting them, are alive with boats and gondolas, which remain the lifeblood of Veneto’s regional capital. Its architecture defies gravity, and…

The Guardian - UK

Candide review – WNO go for broke with picaresque, Pythonesque craziness

Ed Lyon stands out in the titular role and there’s some witty animation, but Bernstein’s operetta feels too frenetic, with extra fizz forcefully injected

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Clockwork Angels: one of the best albums Rush ever made

Rush's 20th release was a concept album inspired by both the steampunk movement and Voltaire’s 18th-century French satire Candide - it’s also one of the best albums of their career

The Independent UK

Elon Musk tweets quote by neo-Nazi wrongly attributed to Voltaire

The Twitter CEO on Saturday came in for criticism after incorrectly attributing a quote to Voltaire in a tweet

The Independent UK

Elon Musk tweets quote by neo-Nazi wrongly attributed to Voltaire

The Twitter CEO on Saturday came in for criticism after incorrectly attributing a quote to Voltaire in a tweet

The Guardian - UK

David Baddiel: ‘Football fills a God-shaped hole’

Ahead of a new book about our need for faith, the ‘militant atheist’ discusses oversharing, identity – and why he’s distancing himself from Richard Dawkins

Reason

America's Losing Its Free Speech Consensus

Americans shouldn't have to fight to the death to defend their foes' right to speak, but they should at least stop trying to censor, shame, shun and destroy each other.

The Conversation

Essentialising 'Russia' won't end the war against Ukraine. Might 'real and credible' force be the answer?

Russia’s War on Everybody, by UK writer Keir Giles, is an alarming book. It argues that for years Russia has been waging “a clandestine war against the West”.

The Conversation

How Chaucer's medieval Wife of Bath was tamed and then liberated in the 21st century

Chaucer’s Wife of Bath is one of the most famous characters in English literature. Since appearing in the Canterbury tales in 1387, her tale has been rewritten and adapted by authors from the French philosopher Voltaire in the 18th century to the contemporary author Zadie Smith in 2021.

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