The selection of… – The Dark Side Of The Moon, the stranger, Wings of Desire… Alain Aufrère’s cultural choices

Book The great minds of the Revolution meet

Retired very active, Alain Aufrère is both in the association of the candidacy of Bourges European Capital of Culture and the association Territory Zéro Chômeur since last July. Disk. “I am eclectic. The first record that comes to mind is The Dark Side of the Moon, one of the Pink Floyd records I was listening … Read more

In Toulouse-Montaudran, on the wings of the airmail

Horoscope the month of July will be very very complicated

We leave for the disused runway of Toulouse-Montaudran airport, a remnant of the mythical adventure of Aéropostale where Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Jean Mermoz, or even Henri Guillaumet took off… Aéropostale was a major project initiated by Pierre-Georges Latécoère. He wanted to recycle planes from the First World War to ensure faster transportation of mail between … Read more

Jack Kerouac: to each his invisible wings

” The candle burns/And when it’s over/The wax lies in cold artistic piles/ —That’s about all I know. » The sublimated novel/autofiction begins with an ecstatic experience. Jack Duluoz, known as Jack Kerouac, alone on the peak of Desolation, nourished by Buddhist readings and a deeply rooted mystical Catholicism, receives a revelation. “When a child … Read more