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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Award winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's book about the Biafran War, 'Half of a Yellow Sun' made her name round the world. A new set of her short stories has now been published The tales are both touching and humorous and look at life in Nigeria and also life for Nigerian immigrants in America. She discusses the collection 'The Thing Around Your Neck' with Harriett Gilbert

New Finnish Jazz Movement

Nick Luscombe reports from Helsinki on the wave of new young Finnish jazz bands that have emerged over the last five years.

Let the Right One In

The Swedish vampire movie Let The Right One In has been universally praised for helping to revitalise a genre which had become rather long in the tooth. t tells the tale of Oskar, a lonely young boy living on a rundown estate on the outskirts of Stockholm. Bullied and outcast, his life takes a dramatic turn when a mysterious young girl, Eli - soon revealed to be a vampire - moves in next door. Harriett Gilbert meets the film's director Tomas Alfredson

Handel
To mark the 250th anniversary of George Frederick Handel's death, writer and broadcaster Ivan Hewett shines a light on the man and his music.