This week:

- We meet the curator of the David Hockney exhibition at Bozar

- Expat author Leona Francombe on her new book (+ WIN copies)

- WIN tickets to German Jazz Night next Saturday

- The Belgian director whose new film about murderous criminal gangs in Mexico opens the Ghent Film Festival this week

It’s the capital’s flagship exhibition this autumn, showcasing some of David Hockney’s finest works over a career spanning six decades, including a recent series of sometimes controversial digital paintings that defiantly celebrated spring during the first lockdown in 2020.

The new movie La Civil by Teodora Ana Mihai saw the Belgian director heading to one of the most dangerous places on earth, where criminal cartels routinely kidnap average citizens

Our weekly discussion about all things Belgian is back after a long summer break. This week: autumn in the city, bringing James Bond to Brussels, beer glasses, farewell Thalys and an unusual job ad at Brussels city hall.