Massimo Berruti documents life at war

Award-winning photojournalist Massimo Berruti joins us to discuss documenting life at war. He has lived and worked amongst anti-Taliban militia in Pakistan, but now his work is on display in Paris. We also get stuck into Pitchfork: the make or break music review website has just hosted its first European festival here in France.

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Eve Jackson

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Slideshow: Behind the scenes

27/02/2013 - CULTURE

A walk down 'England’s Lane' with Joseph Connolly

If you thought 1950s London was full of polite neighbours and cheery Cockneys, Joseph Connolly wants you to think again. The author tells Catherine Nicholson about the intrigue behind the net curtains and shopfronts in his latest novel, "England’s Lane". We also say "au revoir" to Stéphane Hessel, the WWII resistance fighter and inspirational thinker behind the 2010 essay "Indignez-vous". Finally, we check out a movie effort to reconcile Israelis and Palestinians.

26/02/2013 - CULTURE

Meet one of the world's most successful writers

Eve Jackson speaks to British author Ken Follett about how a broken-down car inspired him to write, what it's like being married to a politician and about adapting his best-selling novels "The Pillars of the Earth" and "World Without End" into a TV series.

22/02/2013 - CULTURE

Friday Film Show

Today we’re talking about Afghan writer and director, Atiq Rahimi's, poetic and politically charged allegory "The Patience Stone." Also on the programme the Oscar winning French actor Jean Dujardin teams up with British bad boy Tim Roth in the new spy thriller Mobius and Disney's "Chimpanzees" give us a rare look at our cousins.

21/02/2013 - CULTURE

The Fantastic Book "Mr Fox"

Eve Jackson is joined in the studio by two special guests. First, author Helen Oyeyemi tells us more about the fantastic book, "Mr Fox". Then we hear from one of the leading painters of her generation, Fiona Rae. She's tells us about her new exhibition at the Nathalie Obadia Gallery in Paris.

20/02/2013 - CULTURE

God’s Horses

On today’s show, director Nabil Ayouch talks about his engrossing film, ‘God's Horses’, which focuses on a Moroccan slum and how it becomes a breeding ground for young terrorists. Also on the programme, we meet Malian hip-hop pioneer Amkoullel and we pay a visit to a new exhibition in Paris which shows Russian painter Marc Chagall’s vision of the 20th century.