In de Beauvoir’s fiction of the late 1960s — primary sources of this show devised by performer Jillian Murray and director Susanne Chaundy — disgust for the ageing and increasingly sexless self is a ...

A soft scent of cherry blossom envelops Maison Colbert. Between that floral sweetness and the garden that surrounds its front entrance, which is flanked by tables perfect for afternoon tea, the ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. At the heart of human existence is a tragic ambiguity: the fact that we experience ourselves both as subject and ...

Explore the major sites linked to Simone de Beauvoir in Paris, from her writings to urban tributes, and discover how this philosopher and novelist became an enduring icon of feminism and free thought.

'Bust of Simone de Beauvoir in profile' (circa 1946), by Alberto Giacometti. FONDATION GIACOMETTI Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was held prisoner in a stalag near Trier, Germany until March 1941, when ...

She s living a perfect life so why does Laurence feel so torn Weekends in the country weekdays in Paris Laurence s life features all the trappings of 1960s French bourgeoisie She has money a handsome ...

Today, 110 years ago, Simone de Beauvoir was born in Paris. She was a communist militant and one of the most important precursors of gender feminism, the predominant line in that ideology today.

From the Desk of Simone de Beauvoir includes an informal archive of the great feminist philosopher’s works, as well as those of her inspirations and the people influenced by her. The Woman Destroyed, ...

The first show of the artist’s work in the UK is both a celebration and an act of historical correction. Simone de Beauvoir and Hélène de Beauvoir (unknown date ...

Before we see any of the work at London’s Amar Gallery, we’re already burdened by that most famous of surnames. Born in 1910, Hélène de Beauvoir became an artist of modest renown. Her poetic, often ...

COMMENTARY: The roots of the current transgender movement and man-hating feminism can be traced back to the theories of two despairing French philosophers, Simone de Beauvoir and her lover Jean-Paul ...

As the leading feminist philosopher of the 20th century, Simone de Beauvoir’s best-selling book The Second Sex exemplified the power of writing to bring women’s experiences out from the shadows and ...