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The Strand Episodes

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    Intizar Husain - Basti

    One of the finest works written in Urdu and nominated for a Man Booker International prize

  2. Salif Keita

    Salif Keita, one of Africa's biggest musical stars talks about his new album Tal茅

  3. Stone Dreams

    Akram Aylisli's novella has sparked a hate campaign in his native Azerbaijan.

  4. World Premiere of Speranza (Hope) by Mark-Anthony Turnage.

    A new work by Mark-Anthony Turnage - Speranza (Hope) - has its World Premiere in London.

  5. A different look at love with American psychologist Barbara L Fredrickson.

    A different look at love with American psychologist Barbara L Fredrickson.

  6. A Liar's Autobiography

    The Monty Python team are reunited with their deceased colleague in this animated film

  7. Ice Age Art

    Ice Age Art:Arrival of the Modern Mind is a new exhibition at the British Museum in London

  8. Woody Guthrie

    A previously unknown novel by US folk singer Woody Guthrie has just been published.

  9. Peter Zumthor

    Celebrated Swiss architect Peter Zumthor talks about designing buildings with integrity

  10. Irrawaddy Literary Festival

    We're in Burma for the country's first-ever literary festival.

  11. Barbara Hannigan

    Operatic soprano Barbara Hannigan is always pushing at the boundaries

  12. Nihad Sirees

    The Syrian writer Nihad Sirees talks about his new novel The Silence and the Roar

  13. Lena Dunham

    Alec Baldwin of WNYC talks to the writer and star of the huge successful TV series Girls.

  14. Feast

    The Yoruba: their beliefs and legacy is the focus of a new theatre production in London

  15. Robert Zemeckis

    Director Robert Zemeckis discusses his new film Flight starring Denzel Washington

  16. Zero Dark Thirty

    Zero Dark Thirty: controversial movie tells the story of the hunt for Osama bin Laden

  17. Jaipur Literary Festival

    The Dalai Lama, Manu Joseph and Sebastian Faulkes at largest literary festival in India

  18. Voices united for Mali

    Mali's most famous musicians have recorded a song calling for peace in their country.

  19. The Perfect American

    Philip Glass's latest opera is based on Walt Disney, but it鈥檚 not a pretty story.

  20. Hear my country

    Listeners choose the songs that conjure up the feel, sound and spirit of their country

  21. Hilary Mantel interview

    'I have never experienced terror like that again' - Hilary Mantel

  22. Soka Afrika

    A new documentary film tackles the exploitation of talented young footballers in Africa

  23. Aimee Mann

    Oscar-nominated American singer-songwriter Aimee Mann talks about her new album.

  24. Art in Marseilles

    How Marseilles is celebrating its new status as one of the European Capitals of Culture.

  25. Hawaii Five-O

    A classic US TV cop-show is allowing viewers to vote online to decide an episode ending.

  26. Detroit: Music City

    Detroit is a city in spiralling decline. Can music and the arts help to rebuild it?

  27. Missing Matisse Returned

    Twenty Five years after it was stolen, Matisse鈥檚 Le Jardin is being returned to Sweden.

  28. Burmese Punk Rock

    The Burmese band Side Effect who have just toured Germany.

  29. Quentin Tarantino

    Today, a special interview with American film director Quentin Tarantino.

  30. Lost in Thailand

    Lost in Thailand, the new comedy film in China keeping the box offices busy.

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