大象传媒

Your daily journey into global arts, culture and entertainment, with Harriett Gilbert and Mark Coles.

Terminator Salvation

I'll be back... Well he did promise, and for the 4th time Arnold Schwarzenegger is back in yet another Terminator film. But is Terminator Salvation any good? We'll be finding out from reviewer Bidisha.

Tiananmen Square

On the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen square events, Chinese novelist Diane Wei Liang, who was also involved in the protests, tells us what impact those tumultuous days have had on her work, and how she would like them to be remembered.

Tony Allen

Nigerian drummer and afro-beat pioneer Tony Allen discusses his latest solo album Secret Agent.

Ken Saro-Wiwa

Ken Saro-Wiwa was an internationally-renowned author, the creator of Nigeria's most popular television series and a respected newspaper commentator, but in his latter years, he devoted all his energies to the non-violent protest movement he formed to highlight human rights abuses in the Niger delta. As a long fought for court case over the circumstances of his death comes to court in New York we look at his writing life to remind ourselves of why he was such a huge figure in Nigeria.