Category Archives: Culture

March Newsletter: Un Monde

Left: Photographic print available on shop.classiq.me   Photos: Classiq Journal     “ During the early stages of the Syrian war more than one million Syrians fled to Lebanon, a country with a population of only around five million people. … Read More →

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February Newsletter: On Cultural Contentment and C’mon C’mon

The February newsletter: On cultural contentment and C’mon C’mon. Read More →

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January Newsletter: On Rebelliousness to Last a Lifetime

  Photos: Classiq Journal     ”Because I still forget that I’ve aged. My head and my heart still seem to play this cruel trick on me, deceiving me with the illusion of youth as I greet the world every … Read More →

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December Newsletter: On James Bond and a Time for Short Stories

No Time to Die takes James Bond back to Venice with Madeleine. He is back where his story with Vesper Lynd ended. It makes sense. The last Daniel Craig Bond is probably also the last Bond as we’ve known him and loved him. Read More →

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November Newsletter: On Noirvember and Tom Waits’ Noir Sensibility

Right: Film poster by Tony Stella for the neo-noir “Gloria”, 1980   Photos: Classiq Journal, unless otherwise stated     You take a deeper and deeper dive into noir’s murky stories. The more obscure, the more forgotten, the less known, … Read More →

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