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As George Lucas sells Star Wars to Disney for three billion euros, we look back at the director's success story. Also on the show, Alan Pauls talks Buenos Aires, Argentina's history and the mystery of why one of the best living Latin American writers struggles to get his books translated. Plus as the Sistine Chapel frescoes turns 500, the Vatican says it may limit visitors.

CULTURE
By Eve JACKSON
Slideshow: Behind the scenes
Pleading for Peace in Mali
22/01/2013 - CULTURE

Pleading for Peace in Mali

In today’s show we hear from the Malian musicians who have recorded a song calling for an end to the conflict in their country. Also on the programme, Eve Jackson meets dresser to the stars, Cameron Silver, named one of Time magazine's "25 Most Influential Names and Faces in Fashion." Plus as Paris Fashion Week wraps up, we look at the booming demand for designer menswear.
Vive Marseille: The European Capital of Culture!
19/01/2013 - CULTURE

Vive Marseille: The European Capital of Culture!

It's the rebel French city that's seeking redemption through culture. In today’s show France 24’s culture editor Eve Jackson is in Marseille to find out more about this year’s European capital of culture.
Iranian artists in Paris
18/01/2013 - CULTURE

Iranian artists in Paris

This special show is devoted to Iran, Iranian artists and their place at home and abroad. Eve Jackson is joined in the studio by four Paris-based Iranian cultural talents: the cartoonist Kianoush Ramezani, the actor, dancer and choreographer Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam, the pianist Arshid Azarine and the theatre director Farid Paya.
Fearless and fabulous
16/01/2013 - CULTURE

Fearless and fabulous

Described as an "artiste sans frontières", the Swiss singer-songwriter Sophie Hunger joins us in the studio to talk about her third album. Next, we see how "The Diary" of Anne Frank is being adapted for the stage. Finally, from the walls of inner-city Paris to the side of the Great Wall of China, Jérôme Mesnager's work is in the spotlight.
Paris moves pretty fast for Mayeul Akpovi
16/01/2013 - CULTURE

Paris moves pretty fast for Mayeul Akpovi

Life moves pretty fast... and so does Paris. We take a look at the city through the eyes of an artist who's taken the time to look around so that the rest us don't miss a thing. Next, diplomatic drama takes centre stage: we head behind the scenes at the UN as French director Bertrand Tavernier shoots his new film. Finally, Alexander Maksik joins in the studio to talk about his book "You Deserve Nothing".

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