“I HOPE France gives him a state funeral,” said the waiter from my local café upon hearing the news. Stephane Hessel, who died in Paris on Tuesday night, is the kind of man who inspires such awe.
Published 01 Mar, 2013 12:00am
IF there is one thing the French government can’t stand hearing these days, it is that they hate entrepreneurs. So much so that they just did a U-turn on a tax they had planned to implement on capital gains.
Published 08 Oct, 2012 12:00am
LA Mostra del Cinema, the most venerable of international film festivals which opened on Wednesday in Venice, and its new head, Alberto Barbera, seem to have got the message. What message? The one sent by
Published 31 Aug, 2012 03:01am
IN Cannes I once heard a well-known British critic confide to another “If I see another subtitled film today, I`ll...
Published 24 May, 2009 12:00am
SEASON of sneezes and fitful drowsiness, the poet might have written. Colds, sore throats, coughing and all kinds of...
Published 17 Dec, 2008 12:00am
LONDON: Let us be clear: there may be intellectuals in Britain, but there are no British intellectuals — for all...
Published 03 May, 2006 12:00am
