Now playing Next Culture news Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford turns 100 Despite its vintage, Ford Madox Ford’s bewildering, beguiling beast of a novel deserves all the readers it can get when it turns 100 this April. 18/04/2024
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Now playing Next Nature Euroviews. A bottom trawl ban in marine protected areas would be good for all The damage caused by bottom trawling should not be underestimated. Marine-protected areas across the world must be properly protected and free of rampant industrialisation, Hugo Tagholm and Nicolas Fournier write. 17/04/2024
Now playing Next Gaza UN calls for €2.6 billion in funding for desperate Gaza famine effort Northern Gaza in particular is rapidly sinking into humanitarian disaster after months of military onslaught and choked aid supplies. 17/04/2024
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Now playing Next Art Modern sculptor Constantin Brancusi gets new retrospective in Paris Romanian-born Constantin Brancusi, known as one of the pioneers of modern sculpture, gets his biggest retrospective ever at Paris’ Centre Pompidou, with nearly 200 sculptures on show. 17/04/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Over 70% of Europeans 'likely' to vote in June elections More than two-thirds of EU citizens say they are "likely" to vote in the upcoming elections to the European Parliament. 17/04/2024
Now playing Next Tech News Euroviews. Do we have a plan on how to deal with subsea cables sabotage? Governments around the world must look beyond land and sea to preserve the internet connectivity on which we all depend. Undersea internet cables are at risk. That puts internet access for everyone in Europe and beyond at risk, Jeff Huggins writes. 16/04/2024
Now playing Next Art Yinka Shonibare challenges colonial narratives in London exhibition Historic colonial statues should not be destroyed, but reimagined, according to British artist Yinka Shonibare. A new solo exhibition of his work tackling Britain’s imperialist past has opened in London. 16/04/2024
Now playing Next Economy Eurozone growth set to rebound as ECB cuts interest rates, IMF says IMF expects the Eurozone to recover from 2023's 0.4% growth, with projected rises to 0.8% in 2024 and 1.5% in 2025. Inflation decline allows central banks to consider rate cuts, but Middle East tensions threaten to hike oil prices and shipping costs, potentially dampening the economic outlook. 16/04/2024
Now playing Next Europe Decoded Von der Leyen staffing turbulence plays into EU elections A human resource crisis at the Commission comes ahead of a sensitive changing of the guard in Brussels. 16/04/2024