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Terry Gilliam – eternal youth

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Gilliam, l'enfant terrible (Photo: Miguel Ángel Chazo/ Jesús Paris)

Terry Gilliam spent half his life in London, where he created Monty Python with a group of like-minded comedians. At 65, the actor-director’s spirits remain as imaginative and animated as ever

by Carles Matamoros Balasch // 22/12/06

Algerian, but Italian at heart

Amara Lakhous: civilisations at crossroads

‘Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a piazza Vittorio’, has been consecrated Italy’s literary sensation of the year. The 36 year old Algerian-born author, who is Italian at heart, tells us his story

by Tiziana Sforza // 26/11/06

An after-dinner chat with Alain Passard (Photo: Leonor Guimarães)

Alain Passard, vegetable magician

French chef Alain Passard, 50, makes vegetables the key players in his culinary delights

by Leonor Guimarães // 18/11/06

Acquaviva in concert with 'A Filetta' in Paris (Photo: Adriano Farano)

Jean-Claude Acquaviva, and his Corsican roots

The 41-year-old singer and frontman of the harmonic choral group 'A Filetta' talks about his latest album, 'Medea', which compares Seneca's heroine to Corsica and Jason to France.

by Adriano Farano // 13/11/06

Fyfe Dangerfield, frontman of the 'Guillemots' (Photo: Calum Barr, Flickr)

Pop band Guillemots flock south

Guillemots, a new Brit pop band from London, hit the continent with some new pop tunes

by Pasquale Mellone // 10/11/06

Ronald Plasterk, a scientific celebrity (KS)

Ronald Plasterk, DNA dissenter

'The European system is fossilized.' Ronald Plasterk, Minister of Education, Culture and Science, flips from laboratories to TV screens and exposes the shortcomings of science education in Europe

by Karolin Schaps // 30/09/06

Wolfgang Stranzinger, lomographied (Lomo)

Wolfgang Stranziger, the eye catcher

Visionary bohemian, shrewd artist or cool businessman? The Austrian Wolfgang Stranziger, 36 years old, lomography founder, discusses the ‘fortuitous’ beginnings of his empire of snappy, zany photography

by Tania Mara Rabesandratana // 19/09/06

Exotic Mitsou (Mitsoura)

Mónika Miczura, a 21st century gypsy

As the owner of one of the most beautiful modern-day Romany voices, Mónika Miczura, 37, affirms her musical freedom, reclaims her own traditional instincts and modernity, and turns her back on the standard clichés of gypsy folklore.

by Prune Antoine // 27/08/06

Meglena Plugtschieva: in the forest of cocktail parties

The Bulgarian ambassador to Germany and qualified forester can navigate her way around the Berlin diplomatic circuit as easily as the forests of home

by Srebrina Bognar // 12/08/06

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