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11/09/2012

South African novelist, Andre Brink, talks about his latest novel, Philida.

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12/09/2012

African-American crime writer Attica Locke talks about her latest novel The Cutting Season

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13/09/2012

Vieux Farka Toure and Idan Raichel have a sumptious album out.

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14/09/2012

On the Strand today we focus on Brazil as part of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Brazil Direct programme.

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17/09/2012

Toronto International Film Festival, Diana Vreeland and a controversial play from Uganda.

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18/09/2012

The exhibition focusing on human rights abuses at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.

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19/09/2012

Five artists seek to change how we feel by creating a mood-altering sonic emersion space

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20/09/2012

We find out what an urban arts festival in Zimbabwe reveals about it's cultural life.

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21/09/2012

American gospel singer BeBe Winans talks about his new album of patriotic songs

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24/09/2012

We review Holy Motors, the new film from the intriguing French director Leos Carax.

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25/09/2012

The new television programme which has caused controversy in Turkey.

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26/09/2012

We are in Paris to discover the work of young Muslim artists in France today.

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27/09/2012

The Strand reviews The Casual Vacancy, the new book by JK Rowling.

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28/09/2012

Spanish Arts cuts - The Bescano Theatre in Spain now sells carrots rather than tickets...

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01/10/2012

Two new galleries have opened in Shanghai, what will these add to the Chinese art offer?

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02/10/2012

Artist Abdul Erahman Ahlees discusses the creative freedom now enjoyed by Libyan artists.

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03/10/2012

We find out why it’s taken so long for Idols South Africa to find its first black winner.

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04/10/2012

David Thomson's new book The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies and What They Did to us

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Iconic TV shows

Is it possible to predict what TV shows will become iconic?

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Alex Katz

Alex Katz on originality, muses and the life-enhancing power of the grudge.

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Come Together

Thirty-one artists from around the Arab world exhibit together on London's Brick Lane

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Anish Kapoor, Jake Shimabukuro and Nigeria's first ever disaster movie

A major exhibition of new works by Anish Kapoor has just opened in London.

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Mo Yan: Winner of 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature

Reaction to Mo Yan as this year's winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Michael Chabon on his novel Telegraph Avenue

Anna McNamee talks to Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Michael Chabon.

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Busan International Film Festival 2012 in South Korea

We take a look at the highlights of this year’s Busan International Film Festival.

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Eran Riklis on his film Zaytoun

An unlikely road movie featuring an Israeli fighter pilot and a young Palestinian refugee.

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What is America?

Fifty monologues from leading US playwrights, on what America means to them

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Actor Martin Landau

We dedicate today’s Strand to the veteran Oscar-winning American actor Martin Landau.

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Director Matteo Garrone on his new film Reality

We talk to the director Matteo Garrone about his new film, Reality.

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Cloud Atlas: Bringing this ambitious book to the big screen

We hear about the new movie of David Mitchell's ambitious novel, Cloud Atlas.

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