Director Nicholas Hytner reteams with scripter Alan Bennett for the film version of Bennett’s Tony-winning play. Set in a boys’ boarding school in early 1980s northern England, the seriocomedy follows a pair of teachers whose very different work philosophies are evidenced as they work with a group of eight top students preparing for a prestigious university entrance exam. Stephen Campbell Moore, R…
The road across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela in the northwest was one of the three major Christian pilgrimage routes during the Middle Ages, leading pilgrims to the resting place of the Apostle St. James. Today, the system of trails and roads that made up the old pilgrimage route is the most popular long-distance trail in Europe, winding from the heights of the Pyrenees to the gently r…
In 1940, France fell to the Nazis and almost immediately the German army began a campaign of pillaging one of the assets the French hold most dear: their wine. This is the story of the French wine producers who undertook ingenious, daring measures to save their cherished crops and bottles as the Germans closed in on them. Wine and War illuminates a compelling, little-known chapter of history, and …
Parisians know that a perfect pain au chocolat or wild strawberry tart is among life’s greatest pleasures. But which patisserie has the most intensely flavored macarons, the most sophisticated chocolates, or a croissant that is truly beyond compare? In the pages of The Patisseries of Paris, you’ll find the most enticing sweets in Pairs. You’ll discover what time of day Parisians in the know get it…