Pizza envy - Macron wants France's baguette on Unesco heritage list
The baguette - usually known in the English-speaking world as "French bread" - should be placed on the UN's world heritage list, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, saying pizza's inclusion last...
View ArticleParis pays tribute to Mali photo icon Malick Sidibé
Ne dalen do dia fangala (I believe in the power of images) Malick Sidibé would say in his native Bambara. The renowned photographer, often known as The Eye of Bamako, was most famous for capturing...
View ArticleFrance to loan Bayeux Tapestry to UK
The Bayeux Tapestry could be displayed in Britain after France agreed in principle to the historic artwork leaving the country for the first time in 950 years, according to British media.
View ArticleRevamped Chaillot brings Norway to Paris
Culture in France presented by RFI's Rosslyn Hyams visits a revamped theatre space in the Palais de Chaillot opposite the Eiffel Tower in Paris where a Norwegian dance season opens this January.
View ArticleKokoko! alternative dance music crafted in Kinshasa
Kokoko! are a musical collective with a new, raw sound produced entirely on instruments made from recycled scrap material. They've shaken up dancefloors in their native Kinshasa, now they're turning...
View ArticleA Year In Provence author Peter Mayle dies aged 78
Peter Mayle, the British writer best remembered for his Provence-inspired books, has died in France at the age of 78.
View ArticleThe walking library
This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll be treated to an “Ordinary Hero” essay from listener Rajib Kumar Mondal of Natore, Bangladesh. There’s the answer to the question about the new president of the...
View ArticleChef of the Century Paul Bocuse dies, aged 91
Paul Bocuse, a giant of French cuisine who won several Michelin stars and was named Chef of the Century by the Culinary Institute of America, has died at his main restaurant near Lyon at the age of 91....
View ArticleFrench artists, officials say 'No thanks' to Jeff Koons' gift
A year after the terror attacks that struck Paris in November 2015, Jeff Koons said he would give the city a monumental sculpture meant to honour the victims. But critics of the project are saying 'no...
View Article90th Academy Awards announced in LA
The 90th Academy Awards nominees with the highest probability of winning at least one trophy come as no surprise. They are 'The Shape of Water', 'Dunkirk', and '3 Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri'....
View ArticleFrench cinema goes online with 'My French Film Festival'
From January 19th to February 22nd, a wide range of French feature length and short movies are available for viewing online via local platforms, free of charge in many regions of the world, or for a...
View ArticleA tribute to jazz pioneer and activist Hugh Masekela
South African horn player, singer-songwriter and anti-apartheid activist Hugh Masekela died this week, aged 78, after a long battle with cancer. In exile, he used his music to denounce apartheid and...
View ArticleCulinary world bids farewell to Lyon’s ‘pope’ Paul Bocuse
More than 1,500 chefs from around the world, along with thousands of fans of French cuisine, gathered in Lyon on Friday to honour their culinary "pope" Paul Bocuse, who died last Saturday aged 91.
View ArticleHo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum
This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the French sailor who just broke the sail-around-the-globe-alone-without-stopping (!) record. There’s listener news, some...
View ArticleMichelin accepts 3-star chef's request to be dropped from guide
France's world-famous Michelin guide has agreed to drop a three-star restaurant from its 2018 edition at the request of its chef, Sébastien Bras.
View ArticleThe Insult, a tense movie about Lebanon's sectarian divides
In this month's Cinefile, RFI's Rosslyn Hyams meets Lebanese director Ziad Doueri to talk about his tense movie, The Insult which released on 31 January in France. Miran-sha Na-yik joins in by phone...
View ArticleMalka Family, French funk combo returns to 'kif'
Bruno Mars' sweeping the board at this year's Grammy Awards with his brand of uptown funk suggests the music popularised by James Brown in the 70s is back in fashion. However, France's very own Malka...
View ArticleThe animal kingdom’s Muhammad Ali
This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the hardest kicking or hitting animals. There’s “On This Day”, listener news, some great music, and of course - the new quiz...
View ArticleHow Olympics 2024 is driving 'Grand Paris' plans
Its backbone is the Grand Paris Express, 4 new metro lines that will connect suburbs to each other.But since the Grand Paris was launched officially in 2008, its progress has not been smooth. RFI’s...
View ArticleRapid response will be key to French anti-fake news law
Rapid response is going to be the French government’s answer to fake news in the media. The French Minister of Culture Françoise Nyssen said that a judicial procedure would be established to stop the...
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