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 By Sam Tabahriti for Reuters Barry Cunningham didn't grow up surrounded by books — but he grew up hugging them. A sickly child in post-war London, he found solace in stories, escaping into the worlds of Becky Sharp from "Vanity Fair" and Long John Silver from "Treasure Island." That early love of reading — visceral, imaginative, and deeply personal — would go on to shape his career in publishing. Though best known as the original publisher of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," Cunningham's influence stretches far beyond Hogwarts. Since founding Chicken House in 2000, he has championed countless stories that treat children as discerning readers with rich emotional lives. Speaking with Reuters from his office in western England, Cunningham, now age 72, reflects on what drew him to children's books, the legacy of Harry Potter, and what’s next for him as he prepares for retirement at the end of the year. The following conversation has...

As tradutoras não são para aqui chamadas, mas têm levado com toda a má-língua desta tribo lusa, essa colectividade pacífica de revoltados.* Por Rita Sousa Vieira para a FNAC Foi com Astérix que Fabcaro e Didier Conrad descobriram a paixão pela banda desenhada. Hoje, dão continuidade ao legado de Goscinny e Uderzo, divertindo-se a criar novas aventuras. Em Astérix na Lusitânia , atendem ao antigo pedido dos fãs e trazem os gauleses até Portugal, num dos seus emblemáticos “álbuns de viagem”, onde o bacalhau, o fado e a saudade se cruzam com a eterna resistência ao Império Romano. O que vos levou a escolher a Lusitânia como cenário para esta nova aventura de Astérix ? Fabcaro: É um álbum de viagem, era importante que partissem mesmo numa. Fui ver por onde já tinham andado e reparei que nunca tinham vindo a Portugal. Para mim, a escolha era óbvia: afinal, é mesmo ao lado da Gália. Além disso, gosto muito de Portugal. Já cá estive várias vezes como turista. Falei disso ao edi...

As usual, in terms of translation and localization, did you notice English goes with "intangible" whereas most other (Latin) languages go with (their variation of) "immaterial," also including German (not Latin-based)? Fascinating 🧩     UNESCO  

Find Korrine on LinkedIN and Substack . Togo’s first president was gunned down at his own gate in 1963. His crime? Daring to reject France’s money. Sylvanus Olympio wanted more than a flag and an anthem. He wanted a currency for his people. A future not chained to Paris. For that, he was shot dead by Togolese soldiers trained in France. Africa’s first post-independence coup. The weapon was not just the gun. It was the CFA franc. Created in 1945, it forced African nations to deposit their reserves in the French Treasury. It gave Paris veto power over African economies. It made independence a flag ceremony... and nothing more. France called it “stability.” In truth, it was financial slavery. An empire without the cost of soldiers. Olympio was killed. Lumumba was killed. Sankara was killed. Nkrumah was overthrown. The message was written in blood: Africa may raise its flags. But touch the money... and you will fall. And what did it mean for the people? A farmer in Togo sells cocoa for pe...

 Find Korrine on LinkedIN and Substack .   Right now, Congolese children are digging cobalt with their bare hands, so the world can call Teslas and iPhones “clean.” A Congolese father once sat on a porch staring at his daughter’s severed hand and foot. She was five. She was mutilated because her village missed its rubber quota. That rubber lined bicycles in Paris. Car tires in London. Factory belts in America. Leopold II of Belgium called it civilisation. It was genocide. Ten million Congolese lives traded for European modernity. 1960: Patrice Lumumba stood on independence day and refused to play polite. He told the truth: independence was won... not gifted. That Congo’s wealth should serve Congolese families. And for that, Belgium, the CIA, and local collaborators marked him for death. He was beaten. Humiliated. Flown to Katanga. Shot by a firing squad with Belgian officers watching. His body dug back up, hacked apart, dissolved in acid. His teeth stolen as trophies. Th...

Find Korrine on LinkedIN and Substack .   65 years ago, Nigeria celebrated political independence. But full independence was never achieved. Britain left behind the architecture of control. Borders drawn for profit, not people. Governments beholden to foreign capital. Economies designed for extraction, not growth. Nigeria as a single nation only came into existence in 1914, at the Amalgamation of Nigeria. In 2025, that makes the country just 111 years old. Much of Nigerian history was written by the coloniser, shaping how independence is remembered. Here’s the truth rarely said: The “Father of Nigeria” is a myth, a story crafted by those who benefit from forgetting. Nigeria was not born of unity or self-determination. It was forged by British businessmen and colonial architects; men whose names Britain still celebrates as “great” empire-builders. In Nigeria it was Sir George Goldie and his Royal Niger Company. Cecil Rhodes in Southern Africa, Ian Smith in Rhodesia. Different cou...

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O jornalista Pierre Godon lembra-nos do peso da IA no mundo editorial em França. Imagem espetacular de Pauline Le Nours , designer gráfica editorial da franceinfo .                «Certains éditeurs se fichent de sortir un livre pourri» S'ils avaient dû manifester, ils auraient laissé tomber le trajet classique entre Bastille et Nation pour un parcours de la rue Littré à la rue Larousse, deux artères du sud de Paris célébrant des auteurs de dictionnaires. Mais la grève des traducteurs, mardi 30 septembre, se fera à bas bruit. A l'appel du collectif IA Alerte générale, ces professionnels sont invités à délaisser stylos et claviers pour vingt-quatre heures à l'occasion de la Saint-Jérôme, le saint patron de la profession. Une première pour ce corps de métier. "Comme pour tous les emplois de gens qui bossent de chez eux en pyjama avec un chat sur les genoux, c'est dur de se faire entendre" , ironise Charles Recoursé, à qui on doit ...

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by Mizuki Uchiyama for BBC Travel . As Studio Ghibli turns 40, we visit the forests, springs and villages that inspired its most beloved films, and meet those preserving their magic. From moss-draped cedar forests to steamy bathhouses and suburban woodlands, the animated worlds of Studio Ghibli often feel fantastical yet familiar. Across 23 feature films, the Japanese studio's vividly drawn landscapes – where kurosuke  ( soot sprites ) scuttle and giant cat-buses roam – have transported generations of viewers into realms where nature and fantasy blur. But many of these beloved settings weren't born from pure imagination. They were inspired by real places across Japan – some sacred, others endangered but all profoundly cherished. As Studio Ghibli celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, we're exploring the real-world places behind some of its most iconic films. Yakushima is a rare and enchanting landscape that inspired Princess Mononoke (Credit: Alamy) Yakushima: T...