Episodes

  • The Contemplative Sea

    The Contemplative Sea
    Nov 25 2023

    About a photograph, about a poem, the contemplation of the sea, the poetry of nature, the play of light and shadow, and the immensity of the sand.

    Read the poem and appreciate the landscape at misterolsen.com
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    3 mins
  • The 20th Century by Albert Robida

    The 20th Century by Albert Robida
    Feb 26 2023

    Albert Robida invites us to discover his envision of French society and life-style in the 20th century.

    It was full of flying SUVs and fast trains that connected the main European cities.

    On this journey through “speculative fiction”, Robida proposes its most extraordinary embodiment — the virtual social networks that took about 130 years to implement as we know them today.

    Read the article at misterolsen.com
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    6 mins
  • The Regicide in Lisbon

    The Regicide in Lisbon
    Feb 11 2023
    February 1, 1908 was marked by the attack against the Portuguese royal family. The regicide in Lisbon killed King Dom Carlos I and the heir to the throne, the Royal Prince Luis Filipe. As they usually did, after the New Year, the Portuguese royal family left the capital to their property and manor in Vila Viçosa. The first month of 1908 was spent hunting in the grounds, horseback riding, hiking among the cork oaks, capturing clichés that would illustrate the magazines of the time, in gatherings, and masses. The Portuguese royal family lived their last happy days in Vila Viçosa, surrounded by friends and warmly welcomed by the population.
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    8 mins
  • The Pilat Dune. A surprise at the sunset

    The Pilat Dune. A surprise at the sunset
    Jan 28 2023

    I've always been curious to visit the Pilat Dune.

    Of all the times that my friends told me about this place, they only said wonders and highlighted its beauty and the difficulty of climbing the largest dune in Europe.

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    3 mins
  • Adelina Patti. The first superstar in Lisbon

    Adelina Patti. The first superstar in Lisbon
    Jun 13 2021
    Patti was one of the most renowned opera singers of her time. Born in Spain to Italian parents who emigrated to the United States of America, she made her debut at the age of sixteen, at the New York Academy of Music. In Europe, her debut was at the Royal Italian Opera in Covent Garden on May 14th, 1861. She was admired by Giuseppe Verdi, and her career as a “coloratura soprano” spanned nearly sixty years.
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    12 mins
  • Penny Dreadful - A series of horrors...

    Penny Dreadful - A series of horrors...
    May 22 2021
    Penny Dreadful gathers and adapts part of the fabulous “bestiary” produced by English literature from the Victorian era. It is a story much like the 19th century Gothic novels, in which human vulnerability is exploited and manipulated by monsters, demons, witches, vampires, mystics, werewolves and mere humans consumed by despair and revenge.
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    6 mins
  • Little Walter. A clown and the circus illusion

    Little Walter. A clown and the circus illusion
    May 22 2021
    Born in Liège (Belgium) in 1879, Walter started his career, very young, in an acrobatic troupe called “Les Bourbonnel”. He invested four shillings in the purchase of a black frock coat, a huge vest, extremely wide pants and a pair of military boots, the ones he used throughout his artistic life, and ended up creating a new type of clown "Auguste".
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    10 mins