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Arts and home grown fish and chips, Paris sure has it all!

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For more than a year now, anyone walking along Paris' Canal de l'Ourcq has had the view spoilt by a huge, empty building site. A very expensive building site, too. What is this hole in the ground for? Stephen Clarke tells us about this much coveted trout tank meant to host world renowned orchestras soon...

CULTURE CRITICS
By Stephan Kloss
Nothing to Sing About...
13/02/2013 - CULTURE

Nothing to Sing About...

The stage musical "Les Misérables" has been raking in the dough since 1985. But our film critic Lisa Nesselson thinks prospective viewers would be well advised to beg, borrow or steal ear plugs for long stretches of Tom Hooper's 158-minute screen version. Meanwhile, Denzel Washington excels as a commercial airline pilot whose alcohol and drug use may have helped him to save lives in an ultra-hairy emergency landing in "Flight."
Melancholy black comedy and killer melodies
12/02/2013 - CULTURE

Melancholy black comedy and killer melodies

A Bafta Award could lead to the Oscars for Sixto Rodriguez, and watch out for the Eels: a great new album from the band led by Mark Oliver Everett, aka "E", is out now. First though, Jane Birkin is gearing up for a new tour.
Watteau’s "fêtes galantes" in music
11/02/2013 - CULTURE

Watteau’s "fêtes galantes" in music

Brussels is not just the seat of European Union institutions but a great cultural capital. The Belgian capital’s Palais des Beaux-Arts, aka BOZAR, is staging "Antoine Watteau. The Music Lesson" an exhibition whose head curator is William Christie.
Glamour and humour
08/02/2013 - CULTURE CRITICS

Glamour and humour

The haute couture fashion shows ended yesterday and our fashion expert is here to tell us all about the latest news and biggest trends to come out of the spring/summer 2013 season.
Materialistic literature ?
07/02/2013 - CULTURE

Materialistic literature ?

Today our book critic, Sylvia Whitman, is going to talk about three very different books which all deal with our relationships with objects: a quirky Parisian memoir, a novel turned into a museum, and the stunning collection of an artistic savant.

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