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

23/03/2013 - CULTURE

A Literary Love Affair: the Paris Book Fair

Catherine Nicholson is your guide through the stacks of novels, comic books, poetry, cookery books and the rest in our special show from the Paris Book Fair. It’s a huge cultural event here in France, attracting around 200,000 visitors across four days. On the show: meet worldwide bestselling author Carlos Ruiz Zafon, find out why Romanian writers are in the spotlight for 2013, and discover a cheeky French cartoon hero – and more.

21/03/2013 - CULTURE

Behind the Scenes of One of the World’s Deadliest Borders

You’ve heard the statistics about drug violence deaths along the US-Mexico border – more than 70,000 lives lost in the last six years alone. Acclaimed journalist Ed Vulliamy spent years travelling the frontier to write his book "Amexica". He takes us behind the scenes and tells Catherine Nicholson why he thinks we’re all implicated.

20/03/2013 - CULTURE

Roll over, Beethoven!

We take a "Beethoven Journey" with Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes – that’s the name of his current project. He tells us why he’s recording all five of the great German composer’s piano concertos, and touring them all across the world, including here in Paris. Next, French electro DJ Vitalic is bringing music of a ravier kind to the studio as he presents his third album, "Rave Age".

19/03/2013 - CULTURE

Back on top: David Bowie scores his first number 1 in 20 years

David Bowie’s hotly-anticipated new album "The Next Day" has lived up to the hype with critics and fans, scoring the veteran musician his first number one UK chart placing since 1993. We also meet Iraq war veteran-turned-novelist Kevin Powers, who put his recollections to paper in "The Yellow Birds". And the big movie release of the week is "Cloud Atlas". We ask whether stars Tom Hanks and Halle Berry can hold this "unfilmable" story together.

16/03/2013 - CULTURE

High Kicking Cancan, Deadly Art, And a Showbiz Showjumper

Today we’re taking you on a whistle-stop tour of some of the hottest cultural picks around France. Beautiful skulls mingle with carnivals of kitsch at the "Hey" exhibition of "outsider" art, while a Paris cabaret teaches the high-kicking tricks of the cancan. On the silver screen, a show-jumping legend leaps into French hearts, and further afield we’re checking out some of the unusual second lives of France’s precious heritage buildings.