Thursday, December 23, 2010

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On culture file, it’s Christmas…in Kerala, as we enjoy good old fashioned Southern Indian Christmas celebration, with plenty of rice pancakes, fish curry and beetroot wine.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

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Culture File finds a rare point of agreement with hipster music website, Pitchfork.com, about dubstep star, James Blake.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

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Culture File sees about acquiring the mark of the beast at one of the studios leading tattooing’s new wave.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

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Culture File talks to Maximilian Reidel about a revolution in glass design, and his family’s four hundred year history in glass making.

Monday, December 13, 2010

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Caroline Hennessy talks to Marjorie Quarton about the place of chocolate in the Irish Kitchen of the 1700s

Sunday, December 12, 2010

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Louise Williams rides shotgun with one of Port au Prince’s most prolific graffiti artists, Jerry Rosambert. Louise’s reporting from Haiti received support from the Simon Cumbers Media Challenge Fund.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

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Laoise O’Brien of the early music group, Morisca, fills her lungs to play some medieval instruments for Luke Clancy.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

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In the second part of Culture File’s interview with Frank Cotrell Boyce, the screenwriter tells Luke Clancy about his new script on the Homeless World Cup.

Monday, December 6, 2010

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In the first of a two part interview, Luke Clancy talks to Frank Cottrell Boyce, the screenwriter behind films such 24 Hour Party People, The Claim and A Cock and Bull Story.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

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Luke Clancy visits a Limerick exhibition by Philippe Chancel featuring photographs of civic life in North Korea, with the show’s curator, Marian Lovett.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

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Luke Clancy travels to Berlin to meet artist, Susan Philipsz, one of the shortlisted artists for this year’s Turner Prize.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

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Luke Clancy talks to Susie Jones, whose new documentary tells the story of Rudely Interrupted, an Australian indie rock band that grew out of a Melbourne music therapy group.