大象传媒

The best of the world's arts, film, music, literature and music brought to you every day. Presented by Mark Coles.

Stuart Neville
Northern Ireland's troubles may be over, but a new book by thriller writer Stuart Neville shows its ghosts have not been laid to rest. The Twelve is the story of a paramilitary killer who wants revenge... for the murders he himself committed.

WOMAD
Australian indigenous performer and songwriter Lou Bennett is a Yorta Yorta woman and member of the Australian collective Black Arm Band. She talks to Ruth Barnes about the message behind her music and you can hear an exclusive performance recorded at Womad.

Aboriginal Art
A Papunya boards exhibition recently halted by an Aboriginal politician, who accused art gallerists of being "culture vultures". Boards are used for secret ceremonial practices.

Yonlu
When Vinicius Gageiro Marques aka Yonlu, a 17 year old boy from the city of Porto Alegre in south west Brazil, took his own life in July 2006, he left behind a legacy that he had hidden from his parents. On his computer were hundreds of songs written in his bedroom that had garnered enthusiastic commentaries from internet fans from around the world. Now an album of these songs has been released and we hear from the head of the record label on who Yonlu was and why his songs matter.