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'I don't really set out to shock' - Irvine Welsh
Campaigning documentaries are back - we hear about new anti-sugar movie Fed Up. Irvine ‘Trainspotting’ Welsh talks about his new novel. And, there is upcoming Ghanaian-British music star Kwabs and music from Senegal’s Les Freres Guisse. We meet opera’s most in-demand couple Ailyn Perez and Stephen Costello and uncover new theatre from South Africa and Asian-America.
(Photo: From left to right, Irvine Welsh, credit: Ian Gavan/Getty Images. Laurie David, credit: Alberto E Rodriguez. And, David Henry Hwang)
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The Scottish writer talks about his new novel, The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins
Duration: 05:52
Fed Up
Interview with Laurie David, the producer of a new campaigning documentary
Duration: 02:22
Caine Prize Shortlist
Chikodili Emelumadu tells us about the books on the shortlist
Duration: 09:07
Kwabena Sarkodee Adjepong
The Ghanaian born musician known as Kwabs performs live
Duration: 05:37
David Henry Hwang
The Chinese-American playwright talks about his new play, Yellow Face
Duration: 08:25
Les Freres Guisses
The Senegalese acoustic trio sing about love and politics
Duration: 03:57
South African Theatre
New theatre from the post-apartheid generation
Duration: 08:01
Ailyn Pérez and Stephen Costello
The opera stars currently starring La Traviata at the Royal Opera House in London
Duration: 06:05
Leftfield
Song of Life
The Watts 103rd Street Strings
Brown Sugar
Tan Dun
The Eternal Vow
Julie Andrews
A Spoon Full of Sugar
Mesu Kasumai
Alla Lamina
Kwabs
Jealous Guy
Kwabs
Pray for Love
Maalsesh
150 Ans
Jonathan Pryce
The Engineer from Miss Saigon
Les Frères Guissé
Les Freres Guisse
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to the Marriage of Figaro
Broadcast
- Sun 18 May 2014 21:06GMT´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service Online