Entertainment News
24 Feb
The Syrian civil war has killed hundreds of thousands of people. It has also devastated the country's cultural landscape. The Syrian Archive Heritage Project attempts to preserve in digital form as many traces of the country's cultural past as possible.
23 Feb
The aim of Nigerian artist Boloebi Okah and his Bushman collective is to transform grey walls into works of art that speak about the community and the local culture.
21 Feb
Donald Glover impresses with his millennial remake of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", the 2005 film that launched "Brangelina". A TV series remake of David Nicholls' "One Day", starring the White Lotus' Leo Woodall, is hailed for its delicate portrayal of love and grief.
20 Feb
Residents of the Oloolaimutia town are using plastic bottles ,which were thrown into the environment to by visitors to the region, to build cabins where tourists can stay.
17 Feb
The British poet Yrsa Daley-Ward tells us why her memoir "The Terrible" is not as gloomy as it sounds, as the book is released in a French translation which highlights the optimism in her writing.
17 Feb
In this edition we discuss the many reasons why, according to a recent poll, the French are having less sex. We also discuss the roles that abstinence, pornography, mobile phone use, the #MeToo movement, sex education and an increased openness about sex may have on French people's choices in the bedroom.
16 Feb
It's an annual celebration of ruckus and revelry: carnival season has kicked off in France, bringing an explosion of colour to the grey months of winter. From the Latin "carne vale" meaning "farewell to meat", the ancient festival has evolved into a collective moment of excess ahead of the Christian period of Lent.
16 Feb
Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with French rising star Jäde ahead of her debut album release. She has a voice like sugar but with a heavy dose of lyrical spice, with musical influences ranging from Lauryn Hill to Françoise Hardy.
15 Feb
Eyes in the movie world turn to Berlin as its annual film showcase opens with a typically exciting roster, including the new release from French director André Téchiné starring Isabelle Huppert and Hafsia Herzi.
12 Feb
Britain's King Charles III said it was "heartening" to hear how sharing his diagnosis had helped promote understanding of the disease.
12 Feb
A viral photo that shows a Palestinian prisoner, stripped, injured and handcuffed, has become the symbol of Palestinian resistance. We tell you what we know regarding this photo in this edition of Truth or Fake.
11 Feb
Michael Morpurgo is one of the world's most prolific and successful children's writers. Out of his 150 books, his most famous is perhaps the 1982 novel "War Horse", which became a global theatre phenomenon with more than 3,000 performances and a film directed by Steven Spielberg starring Benedict Cumberbatch.