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The best of culture in 2010

We look back at the major cultural events of 2010. Who made it big at the box office? Whose song made it onto everyone's iPod? And who's the new enfant terrible of the art world?

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Lisa Nelselson, Film Critic
Eve Jackson, Culture Editor
Sean Rose, Art critic
Ben Barnier, GlobalPost Correspondent

Click here to watch part 2 of our show.

Presenter

François Picard

24/05/2012 - THE DEBATE

Merkel's next move: Will Germany stick to its guns on austerity?

François Hollande steals the show at his first late-night EU summit but the ball remains firmly in Angela Merkel’s court. Her constituents remain torn between paying for pain they don’t (yet) feel and shouldering the blame for an eventual collapse of the euro.

23/05/2012 - THE DEBATE

Egypt's presidential poll: The revolution, Part II (part 2)

Fifteen months after Hosni Mubarak's fall, the second act of Egypt's revolution is underway. Millions of Egyptians are choosing a president in the first free elections in the country's 5,000-year history. Douglas Herbert and his panel discuss whether the newly elected president will have a chance of healing divisions while tackling poverty and fighting violent crime.

23/05/2012 - THE DEBAT

Egypt's presidential poll: The revolution, Part II

22/05/2012 - THE DEBATE

What's the deal in Mali? (part 2)

Is Mali’s freshly-signed agreement to restore democracy in doubt? Malians express shock after the beating of their interim president by supporters of the junta that could have been stopped, say François Picard’s guests.

22/05/2012 - THE DEBATE

What's the deal in Mali?

Comments (2)

And where...

by Anonyme - 06/01/2011 - 19:32

... was Augustin ? We need his passion and fun to talk about books, don't we?

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Best of Culture 2010

by Anonyme - 05/01/2011 - 11:52

I was simultaneously astonished and disheartened to learn that your film critic, Lisa Nelselson, declared Toy Story 3 to be her favourite film of 2010. While I also enjoyed it enormously, I feel there were other film much more deserving of the best film accolade. Winter's Bone, Blue Valentine, and Biutiful to name but three. (Has Ms. Nelselson seen any of these films?) Yes, they all deal with (but not exclusively) serious and I suppose "depressing" themes, but they also encourage us to think, examine, reflect, empathise, and even perhaps to compare some of our own experiences, and to enlighten us about the experiences of others. The notion that real life is depressing enough is childish. Are we such babies that we cannot deal with anything but childrens' entertainment? God forbid we should examine our experiences of daily life, both the positive and the negative, through the medium of serious art. Let's just make ourselves a milkshake and settle down to a cartoon. Anything else is too much for our fragile nerves. Bollocks. Lisa Nelselson, GROW UP.

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