Name: George Sand in the Pyrenees - City Country Culture
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Description: At 21 years old, Aurore Dupin visited the Pyrenees where she discovered a love of nature. It was the push she needed to emancipate herself and to become George Sand.

Pyrenäen: Die Geburt der George Sand

George Sand in the Pyrenees

Dans les Pyrénées, la révélation de George Sand

Los Pirineos de George Sand

Pireneje: Narodziny George Sand

George Sand: la "rivelazione" tra i Pirenei

At 21 years old, Aurore Dupin visited the Pyrenees where she discovered a love of nature. It was the push she needed to emancipate herself and to become George Sand.

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Vivian Maier was an impatient, perhaps incompetent nanny... but in her time off, she was one of the most talented and prolific photographers of her generation. But she never sold a single photograph, or exhibited her work. Often, she wouldn't even get her pictures developed. It was only by chance that her hidden photographic genius was finally brought to light after her death.

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Writer Marguerite Yourcenar brought ancient Rome to life, “with narrow streets, crowded forums, bricks the color of old flesh”

Rome with Hadrien and Marguerite Yourcenar

On the Aegean island of Lesbo a women celebrates love between women for the first time in literature, around the 6th century BC. Sappho revealed a world of ardent desire and heartache through her lyric poetry.

Sappho and Lesbos

Robert Doisneau is famed for his photos of Paris city life. But he also captured the happiness and serenity of life in a part of southwest France that he loved, the Dordogne.

Robert Doisneau in the Dordogne

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Slovenia: Hemingway's Farewell to Arms

In 1880, French writer Jules Verne published The Steam House, inspired by the landscapes and culture of northern India, a country he had never seen, which also portrayed the harsh realities of British colonialism. The novel narrates the duel between a fictional British colonel, Edward Munro, and real life rebel fighter, Nana Sahib.

In 1880, French writer Jules Verne published The Steam House, inspired by the landscapes and culture of northern India as well as the harsh realities of British colonialism. The novel narrates the duel between a fictional British colonel, Edward Munro, and real life rebel fighter, Nana Sahib.

Jules Verne's Extraordinary Indian Journey

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The elusive and enigmatic nature of Prague is captured in Milan Kundera’s cult novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being. 

Kundera's Prague

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James Bond in Perpignan

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Turning Corsica into a comic would require sensitivity and humour, but the creators of Asterix pulled it off 

Corsica: Asterix Island

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It was here that Gabrielle Chanel was inspired to create her characteristic style

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In the 1920s, Bertolt Brecht moved to Berlin where he began to write pacifist plays for a mainstream audience

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The Seedy Tokyo of Daidō Moriyama

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The Punk Paris of Virginie Despentes

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The Provence of the Marquis de Sade

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Tove Jansson and the Moomins

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From an incredibly varied selection of 19th century postcards, the Paris of the Belle Epoque (1871 – 1914) comes to life.

Paris in the Belle Epoque

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The Humboldt Forum

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A New Palace for Berlin

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The Genius of Gothic Art

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TWIST

Copenhagen has set itself the ambitious target of becoming carbon neutral by 2025. Cultural magazine show Twist goes to the Danish capital to see how the Danes are doing it.

Copenhagen: Carbon Neutral Metropolis

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Four women comic book artists from the Arab World open the doors of their studios and tell us about their experiences and their struggles. 

4 Arab Women Comic Book Artists

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70 Years of the Berlinale

The Berinale has had its fair share of drama throughout the years

Scandal!

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Between Nature and Nationalism

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Ernst Jünger

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Twist

Love is political, says journalist and author Şeyda Kurt. In her book Radical Tenderness she does away with the myth of romantic love

Why is Love so Hard?

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Look but Don't Touch

Is Saint Thomas' touching of Jesus' wounds homoerotic?

The incredulity of Saint Thomas - Caravaggio

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Amsterdam’s famous red-light district attracts hordes of noisy tourists making the neighbourhood unliveable for many of its residents.

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Arte Reportage

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ARTE Reportage

Tortured, murdered, or kidnapped, migrants held in Libya go through hell

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When Massimo Vacchetta discovered little Ninna, he immediately adopted her and saved her from certain death

360° Geo: A Hedgehog Shelter in Italy

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Hoping for an EU passport

Thousands of Asian workers toil in plantations in Portugal, in hopes of getting Portuguese nationality

Re: Asian Workers in Portugal

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Wexford Festival Opera 2021

Wexford Opera Festival proudly presents a rediscovered, long forgotten work by Alfredo Catalani.

Alfredo Catalani: Edmea

Patrick Messina and the Orchestre National de France conducted by Bernard Haitink perform two gems of Austrian music, Mozart's Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra and Bruckner's Symphony No. 9, at the Auditorium de Radio France.

Orchestre National de France

Patrick Messina and the Orchestre National de France conducted by Bernard Haitink perform Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Bruckner's Symphony No. 9, at the Auditorium de Radio France.

Bernard Haitink and Patrick Messina Perform Mozart and Bruckner

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Gymnastics

Ayn Rand was a survivor of Communism, and as a result, her writings fiercely advocate uncompromising individualism

Ayn Rand, Capitalism Guru

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Barcelona is beautiful not least because it is the city of Gaudi

On the Rooftops: Barcelona

Sting appears at the Reeperbahn Festival opening gala in Hamburg performing "Rushing Water", a track from his forthcoming album "The Bridge", due for release on 19 November. Discover the track exclusively! As a bonus, one of the Police's biggest hits "Every Breath You Take".

Reeperbahn Festival 2021

Sting appears at the Reeperbahn Festival opening gala in Hamburg performing "Rushing Water", a track from his forthcoming album "The Bridge", due for release on 19 November. 

Sting - 'Rushing Water'

The world's tech giants - the likes of Facebook, Apple or Google - now have a political role to play. They can curb misinformation or spread it, along with all of the massive social issues that entails. An in-depth analysis of social media uses and regulations in China, the United States, and Europe.

Mapping the World

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The Geopolitics of Social Media

ARTE Concert takes over the Trabendo in Paris for an all-nighter of partying and beats with a host of top DJ/producers. ARTE Mix welcomes Kiddy Smile, Joe Goddard, گليثر٥٥ GLITTER, Neue Grafik Ensemble and Mo Laudi.

Kiddy Smile, Joe Goddard, گليثر ٥٥ GLITTER, Neue Grafik Ensemble and Mo Laudi

ARTE Mix Ø Trabendo

For a new generation of designers, "fast fashion" and disposable clothing is over! Their motto: "less is more". They are making a radical change in the fashion world by using timeless designs to produce clothing that is sustainable, and fair trade.

For a new generation of designers, "fast fashion" and disposable clothing is over! 

Fashion Rebels

Pasta made from worm flour, grass-hopper salads or muesli bars with cricket… Insect food products could be appearing on our plates soon if Laetitia Giroud and Julien Foucher get their way. 360° Geo visited the couple at their insect farm in Spain.

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360° Geo: Insects - the Food of the Future

Conductor Raphaël Pichon and director Cyril Teste team up to bring Beethoven’s Fidelio to the stage of the Opéra Comique.

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Beethoven's "Fidelio" at the Opéra Comique

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Rome with Hadrien and Marguerite Yourcenar