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Is it the world's worst art restoration, or street art by seniors? We get more on the botched art work that's become an online sensation. Also on the programme: how readers in China are getting their fix of forbidden political books, and Grace Kelly’s image is back in the south of France.

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Steven Spielberg Heads This Year's Cannes Film Festival Jury
28/02/2013 - CULTURE

Steven Spielberg Heads This Year's Cannes Film Festival Jury

One of the most famous filmmakers is set to lead the jury at what's probably the most prestigious film festival. In today’s show we find out how Steven Spielberg came to be the Cannes Film Festival jury president. Also on the show we’re looking at the latest internet dance craze, the Harlem Shake and the award winning author Chang Rae Lee talks to Eve Jackson about his novel "The Surrendered".
A walk down 'England’s Lane' with Joseph Connolly
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.
Meet one of the world's most successful writers
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.
Friday Film Show
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.
The Fantastic Book "Mr Fox"
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.

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