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France's Davy Tissot wins 2021 Bocuse d'Or world chef competition

This year's competition honours those in the trade who responded to people's desire for good food during confinement. The take-away test! Not only that but also the Bocuse d'Or has set up an international rivalry between two chefs from same resturant.

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'Black Lives Matter' wins 2021 LIBEX cartoon prize

Where will the new anathemas of political correctness take us?, asks LIBEX for their third edition of the international press cartoon competition. And the winner had BLM resonace.

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Italy become Pastry kings but UK chef feels frozen out by politics

The Italian team beat France, the UK, Egypt, South Korea, Japan, Russia, Switzerland, Algeria, Chile and Mexico to become the World Champions. But are the rules being properly applied?

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'There really isn't much left': Burgundy harvests tiny yield in 2021

"We had the big frosts around April 7: down to minus 8 degrees. The vines finally recovered but we had a big hail on June 21, which destroyed all our hopes in 15 minutes," says one winemaker.

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James Bond star made honorary Royal Navy officer, Commander Craig

Since the series began in the 1960s, the Bond thrillers have brought welcome — though unofficial and fanciful — publicity to Britain’s military and intelligence services. Daniel Craig is the first Bond to get such an honour.

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Ed Sheeran, Stevie Wonder, Coldplay & others perform to fight poverty

Here's what to expect from the star-studded global gig on Saturday 25 September.

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Art market still kicking but NFTs are canvassing high-end support

Even traditional galleries are getting lured by the siren song of companies like Danae.io and their digital sales platforms, but how much of NFT trading is just a game for the wealthy?

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Villeneuve's much-hyped 'Dune' tops French box office in first week

The feature film faithfully takes up the plot of Franck Herbert's book, where tribes and potentates clash, millennia after our era, for control of the spice, a mixture that prolongs life.

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France announces 2022 culture budget exceeds 4 billion euros

"This historic progression", according French Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot, "will bring to +15% the lasting increase in the allocation to culture since 2017, excluding public broadcasting and civil pension charges".

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Books that spark your senses: 7 escapist novels for the hungry mind

Many of us fell back in love with fiction during lockdown. Here's a list of novels that can really take you out of yourself.

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Prix Goncourt: 'no conflict of interest' concerning Camille Laurens

Didier Decoin says everything is above board but isn't keen on writer and judge Laurens' critical timing.

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Art Basel: 270 exhibitors show Art market's resilience

This year's fair is very different to previous editions with COVID-19 certificate checks and face masks worn throughout, but galleries don't seem to mind as Sales are up.

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Aimless walks, an iPhone Pietà and a huge gargoyle: Art Basel is back

After last years online edition, Art Basel is back in the real world for September 2021. And it starts with a Parcours event.

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Universal Music Group flotation: Five things you need to know

After the group's shares leapt up more than a third from their reference price, here are some facts to help you understand the group and the flotation.

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Morozov collection set to wow art-hungry Paris audience

Four years after the immense success of the Shchukin exhibition, the Vuitton Foundation presents another collection of masterpieces, acquired at the turn of the 19th century by two Russian brothers, the Morozovs.

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Trans-literation: meet the artist behind the gender-swap book print

Ever heard of The Merry Husbands of Windsor, The Curious Incident with the Bitch in the Night-time, and Shakespeare's Julia Caesar? You have now.

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A case of sour grapes? Chateau owner accused of conflict of interest

Hubert de Boüard and Philippe Castéja are accused, by chateaux that didn't make the grade, of acting in their own interests regarding the classification of St Emilion Grand Crus.

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San Sebastian Film Fest: Johnny Depp & Marion Cotillard to be honoured

The 69th edition of the international film festival begins Friday with the premiere of 'La Fortuna' by Alejandro Amenabar, one of the young talents of Spanish cinema.

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European Heritage weekend approaches! What are the coolest events?

The programme, which sees up to 20 million visitors every year, generates the greatest value, Euro for Euro, of any European cultural project. Here's how you can get involved where you are.

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Prosecco v Prošek: origin protection move 'sparkles' Adriatic tension

Italy, the homeland of Prosecco, is not happy with Croatia's attempt to get EU recognition for the Dalmatian wine, 'Prošek'.

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