Lucien Botras, qui pendant sa longue carrière de cameraman a filmé des milliers d’images d’actualités à travers le monde, des événements ordinaires aux horreurs des zones de guerre, est décédé à l’âge de 88 ans. Méconnu du public mais admiré par ses pairs, Lucien était un héros modeste que j’ai eu le plaisir d’abord de côtoyer en tant que collègue puis d’avoir comme ami – un privilège.

In his long career as a news cameraman, Lucien Botras, who has died at the aged of 88, captured thousands of images shot around the world, from everyday events to the horrors of warzones. Throughout, Lucien remained a modest, unsung hero of broadcast journalism, who I had the pleasure of working with as a colleague, and the privilege to know as a friend.

This month, Mediapart English celebrates its tenth anniversary. It is an opportune occasion to remind our readers of how we work and how to navigate our pages and their rich archives containing more than 2,000 feature articles spanning a decade of reporting and landmark investigations.

 American writer Lionel Shriver’s tenth novel, So Much For That, is a furious attack on the US healthcare system and an uncompromising reflection on the painful issues surrounding the prolonging of the lives of those suffering from deadly disease. It was published earlier this year in French, when Mediapart caught up with the author in Paris for this lively series of video interviews in English.

Mediapart English, the English-language section of Mediapart, invites your blog contributions about whatever topic stirs you, concerning France or elsewhere in the world, which can be published here on our homepage in a spirit of debate and exchange.

Mediapart English, the English-language section of Mediapart, invites your blog contributions about whatever topic stirs you, concerning France or elsewhere in the world, which can be published here on our homepage Club column in a spirit of debate and exchange.