大象传媒

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

Presented by Anna McNamee.

On today's programme:

Peter Carey: The Chemistry of Tears

Take one acclaimed Australian author and one fabulous and fraudulent 18th Century automata - a French-digesting-and-defecating-duck - and what you get is a novel about grief, global warming and the nature of life itself.

Jimmy Little

A salute to the seminal aboriginal musician.

Damien Hirst

We review the first large scale exhibition of Damien Hirst's career at London's Tate Modern, featuring more than 70 works from the past two decades (pictured).

Pescador

We hear about the new prize-winning film from Ecuador about a fisherman who finds himself out of his depth after getting involved in the drug trade.

Music: Retro, Present and Future

Mark Coles joins Anna to discuss the hottest new releases and the most important music news, including Alabama Shakes and the rise and rise of vinyl.

South Sudan Theatre Company - Cymbeline

As the Globe to Globe Shakespeare Festival approaches, companies around the world are busy rehearsing. The 大象传媒's James Copnall was in South Sudan to hear how the world's newest country is getting on with their first Shakespearean production.
On twitter: @southsudanTC

Morgan Spurlock

We talk to director Morgan Spurlock, best known for his fast food documentary Supersize Me. His latest, "Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope", looks at what many might dismiss as cultural fast food.

K-Pop

Korean Pop music has already taken Asia by storm and now it is making its mark in Europe and the USA. What is the reason for its sudden growth in popularity, and can it move into mainstream listening?

Image: Damien Hirst, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, 1991. 漏 Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved. DACS 2011. Photographed by Prudence Cuming Associates.

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