21 May 2016
For most of the year Cannes is like any other sleepy city on the French Riviera – until the prestigious Cannes Film Festival ramps up that is. From ‘Variety’ to ‘The Hollywood Reporter’, we take a closer look at the daily…
20 March 2012
There are three things that mark one out as British: a proper cup of tea, turning almost any conversation onto the subject of weather, and a sense of fair play that is best exhibited in politely standing in line and waiting…
There are three things that mark one out as British: a belief in the healing properties of a proper cup of tea, an unerring ability to turn almost any conversation onto the subject of weather, and a sense of fair play that…
23 April 2016
Libya’s five-year experiment with democracy has so far been a failure. With the country split, rival militias still fighting for control and the ever-present threat of Isis, the West is considering sending in an internat…
29 July 2013
Robert Bound talks to Hot Chip-offshoot New Build about their music, we hear about controversies at the Durban International Film Festival, former LCD Soundsystem man James Murphy tells us about his new piece of kit and we…
11 November 2013
The latest Israeli TV series set to go international from the INTV conference in Jerusalem, we see what the art world is up to at Artissima in Turin and Art Taipei and enjoy a session from country singer Slaid Cleaves.
17 September 2012
A visit to Zürich’s International Radio Festival, we jump aboard the Africa Express music project and enjoy a session from the Charlatans’ Tim Burgess.
17 April 2010
One is a remote archipelago with its own eco-system.
One is a remote archipelago with its own eco-system. The other is an industrialised nation famous for its high-tech creations. The Galapagos Islands and Japan may at first sight seem to have little in common – until a…
19 December 2010
Sarah Palin recently returned from a trip to Haiti and news reports suggest she is planning to spend some of early 2011 visiting Israel and the UK.
Sarah Palin recently returned from a trip to Haiti and news reports suggest she is planning to spend some of early 2011 visiting Israel and the UK. The proposed trip would be Palin’s first visit to both countries and, based…
22 July 2010
It is difficult to know which is more surprising. The presence of a shimmering installation of mirrored glass coiled across the interior of a ramshackle old farm shed.
It is difficult to know which is more surprising. The presence of a shimmering installation of mirrored glass coiled across the interior of a ramshackle old farm shed. Or the fact that at its entrance sits an unusually…
1 April 2013
Robert Bound visits London’s newest theatre space, The Shed, we hear from the Bologne Children’s Book Fair and enjoy a session from the Leisure Society. Plus a Mexican festival where indigenous culture meets international…
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