'Is there a doctor in the (White) house?' Dr Jill Biden, the next U-S First Lady
This week on The Sound Kitchen, there’s the answer to the question about the soon-to-be U-S First Lady, Dr Jill Biden. You’ll hear about Goa’s Independence Day, there’s listener news, Ollia’s “Happy...
View ArticleFrench actor Claude Brasseur dies aged 84
The French Claude Brasseur, has died aged 84. Brasseur has played in about a hundred films, including the popular comedies "Camping" and "La Boum", and has also appeared in many stage productions....
View ArticleThere’s Music in the Kitchen! Listener Requests no 1 – the first of many to...
This week on The Sound Kitchen, a special treat: RFI English listeners’ musical requests. Just click on the “Audio” arrow above and enjoy!
View ArticleClosures, cancellations and chaos: French culture crippled by Covid in 2020
This year saw a rise in the popularity of online entertainment in France, as two successive lockdowns forced theatres, cinemas and most cultural venues to shut their doors. A look back at some of the...
View ArticleFrench fashion superstar, designer and visionary Pierre Cardin dies aged 98
French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, hailed for his visionary creations but also for bringing stylish clothes to the masses, died Tuesday aged 98, his family said.
View ArticleCovid-19 sees French cinemas lose 70 percent of their spectators in 2020
The number of cinema-goers in France dropped by nearly 70 percent in 2020, according to the latest figures. This due to lengthy closures and restrictions imposed throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. For...
View ArticleJean-Michel Jarre to play in the Paris New Year in virtual Notre-Dame...
The Notre-Dame cathedral will be the stage for New Year’s Eve celebrations in Paris – with a first-of- its-kind show put on by French electro musician Jean-Michel Jarre in the form of an avatar.
View ArticleFrench theatre legend Robert Hossein dies aged 93
French actor and director Robert Hossein, famous for his mega-productions of classics such as 'Les Miserables' and 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame', died Thursday of Covid-19 at the age of 93.
View ArticleSound Kitchen listener resolutions for 2021
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear your fellow listeners' New Year Resolutions. There’s the answer to the question about outgoing U-S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s “Farewell Tour”, some...
View ArticleCannes Film Festival 2021 'will take place' but may be put off till summer
The world's biggest film festival, which normally takes place in Cannes in southern France in May, could be pushed back to the summer this year because of the Covid-19 crisis. But it will go ahead.
View ArticleFrance’s Article 24: the balance between police and citizen protection
This week on The Sound Kitchen, there’s the answer to the question about Article 24 in France’s proposed “Global Security Bill”. You’ll hear the voices of several fellow listeners and their wishes for...
View ArticleDavid Bowie remembered by his fans: fifty years of loving the alien
The "Bowie Odyssée, 50 years of Fanmania" exhibition pays tribute to the British singer who died five years ago on 10 January, 2016. The show includes over 1,000 rare items from the private collection...
View ArticleMyFrenchFilmFestival shines spotlight on French-language film
MyFrenchFilmFestival is the world’s first online French-language film festival. Now in its 11th year, the festival begins today and runs until February 15, 2021. The festival is run in partnership...
View ArticleThe Coronavirus vaccine roll-out in Britain
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the first recipient of the COVID-19 vaccine. There’s information about our new podcast and the opening of the 2021 ePOP...
View ArticleKey to prison bedroom where Napoléon died in exile sells for €92,000
The key to the bedroom where Napoléon Bonaparte died as a prisoner on the island of Saint Helena in 1821 has been sold by the auction house Sotheby's for 92,000 euros. The key was found in a trunk in...
View ArticleLumières: French 2021 Oscar entry among annual foreign press award-winners
Films high in emotion and colour nabbed some of the top prizes at the 26th Lumières Foreign Press Awards in Paris on Tuesday night. Adapted to Covid-restrictions, the show went on, in a TV studio with...
View ArticleThe Sound Kitchen: RFI’s 2020 Discovery Prize award winner
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the young man who won this year’s Discovery Prize. There’s “Ollia’s Happy Moment”, some great music, and of course, the new...
View ArticleParis art galleries still welcome visitors as museums remain shut
While museums in France have indefinitely shut their doors during the Covid-19 pandemic, private art galleries remain open to visitors. But for how long? RFI's Arnab Béranger has this report.
View ArticlePompidou Centre in Paris, "Notre-Dame of the Pipes", to close for 4-year refit
The Pompidou Centre, one of Paris’s main cultural landmarks and home to the biggest modern art collection in Europe, will be completely closed from 2023 for four years of renovations, France’s culture...
View ArticleWorld’s largest painting, Dufy’s “Electricity Fairy”, gets a spruce up in Paris
Raoul Dufy’s 600m2 masterpiece La Fée Eléctricité (The Electricity Fairy) has just been given a facelift. The colossal operation is carried out every 20 years or so, but the latest dust-down benefited...
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