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In this edition: Eve Jackson hosts master drummer Tony Allen, co creator of Afrobeat presenting his new album "Secret Agent" and the return of godfather of punk, Iggy Pop.
In this edition: The Hergé museum in Belgium, the new life of Berlin wall, the Pasarela fashion festival in Romania, and snails and Nigerian gastronomy.
In this edition: the legend Placido Domingo embodies Cyrano, rabbit bins by Paul Smith, galleries in Iraq, Ibsen the painter, and the garden's international festival of Chaumont-sur-Loire.
In this edition of the culture magazine: Roland Mouret, a French fashion designer who dresses the stars and a young American designer turns books into purses.
in this edition of the culture magazine: Irish literature, with two books, winner of Booker Prize , covered by Augustin Trapenard. The Twitter phenomenon and the development of the Ugandan cinema.
In this edition of the culture magazine: violonist Mark O'Connor, Grammy Award winning, in town for a special duo concert with the French fiddler Didier Lockwood. And Japanese designers inspired by vegetables in their creations.
In this edition: the new Magritte museum in Brussels, a new generation of young up and coming painters in Vietnam, a new exhibition in New York called "Model as Muse".
In this edition of the culture magazine: "Looking for Eric" by Ken Loach, interview with actor Ayush Mahesh Khedekar and Penelope Cruz steps onto the red carpet in Cannes with director Almodovar.
In this edition: Johnny Hollyday becomes To's hitman and Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi's returns to the Un Certain Regard at Cannes this year with 'No One Knows About the Persian Cats'.
In this edition: interview with Juliette Binoche and "Air Doll" - a Japanese movie by Hirokazu Kore-Eda. The story of an inflatable air doll that magically comes to life one day.
