Author: David Stoyle

Sonny Rollins is said to be the "Last jazz giant,": Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Art Blakey, were his mentors or partners – and he has chosen to face up to his age. He’s got his afro hairstyle again...

Twenty Greenpeace activists have entered the premises of Shell France in Colombes, in Hauts-de-Seine, to protest against the Anglo-Dutch group's plans for oil drilling in deep water in the

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This summer’s main exhibition at Monaco’s Grimaldi Forum is a collection of monumental pieces from the Pompidou Centre’s collections.  At first this sounds like a daft idea – a bit like deciding to read all the big format b...

Madonna, coming to Nice on August 21, is in trouble with France’s extreme right-wing party the National Front.   The Material Girl has put the cat among the pigeons by showing FN leader, Marine Le Pen’s face with a swastika on the...

Les Nuits Musicales du Suquet is set for a roaring success this summer. Two shows are already sold out, and the others are booking fast.  It's a chance to see Nigel Kennedy, or to hear some fine Chopin, some Russian Revelations, or some Mozart...

Mayor Christian Estrosi held a gleeful press conference to round up the Jazz Festival, pleased to note more spectators, and great music.
In all, nearly 35000 people came to the five nights.  At nearly 7000 per night that’s squashing them in...

Status Quo, Michael Schenker, Simple Minds, Jean-Louis Aubert – that’s the line-up for the first AMP IT UP rock festival happening in Juan les Pins from July 25-30.  You’ve enjoyed the jazz and the reggae, now it’s time to ...

This year's Musiques au Coeur classical music festival reached a peak on Monday evening in a splendid performance of "The Marriage of Figaro" at the beautiful Villa Eilen Roc in Cap d'Antibes. Introduced by French radio and TV star Eve Ruggieri, this ...

Tuesday night's Jazz Festival brought a variety of styles to the Massena stage, with pop phenomenon Texas delighting a huge crowd, while in the Theatre de la Verdure there was a fine pairing of Dr John and Trombone Shorty, two of the great New Orleans ...

After years of legal conflicts, the Russian Cathedral in Nice is finally open to the public once more. It's one of the biggest tourist attractions of the French Riviera, with 273,000 visitors in 2010. Now the Russian state has taken control, putting an...