Nawal el Saadawi, Biyi Bandele, Nitin Sawhney
As James Bond movie Spectre opens around the world we talk to director Sam Mendes.
As James Bond movie Spectre opens around the world this weekend we talk to director Sam Mendes. We invite our listeners to enter the incredible 大象传媒 World Service Radio Playwriting Competition, now in its 25th year. From Hong Kong reporter Linda Kennedy proposes a literary tour of the book festivals of the far east. Nigerian novelist Biyi Bandele tells us about his new Lagos film Fifty about the lives of four successful Nigerian females. The director of Cartel Land, about Mexico's border drug trade, talks about getting up close to a frightening and lawless world. Nawal el Saadawi, the Egyptian writer tells us her views on the veil. Multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Nitin Sawhney talks about writing songs with strangers and meeting Mandela. And, British-Bangladeshi author Tahmima Anam and Bosnian-American writer Aleksandar Hemon discuss the literature of migration.
(Photo: L-R: Nawal El Saadawi (c) Getty Images, Biyi Bandele (c) Getty Images, Nitin-Sawhney (c) Getty Images)
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Spectre
Lizo Mzimba talks to director Sam Mendes and Bond bad man Christoph Waltz.
Duration: 07:47
The International Playwriting Competition
Details of the 大象传媒/British Council playwriting competition
Duration: 04:20
Asian Literary Festivals
Linda Kennedy reports on the wave of festivals that take place at this time of year
Duration: 04:38
Fifty
Filmmaker, novelist and playwright Biyi Bandele talks about his new film
Duration: 06:13
Cartel Land
This documentary film delves into the world of Mexican drug cartels
Duration: 10:56
Nawal el Saadawi
Egyptian, feminist and writer on continuing to speak out against female oppression at 83;
Duration: 05:36
Nitin Sawhney
The musician and composer joins Mary Anne Hobbs
Duration: 03:30
The literature of migration
Tahmina Aman and Alexsander Hemon speak to Mariella Frostrup
Duration: 02:58
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Hossam Ramzy
A Step in Time
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Mexican Institute of Sound
Para No Vivir Desperado
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Nitin Sawhney
Breathing Light
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Adele
Skyfall
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Skyfall
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Askia Modibo
Immigration Zero
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Pan Jing & Ensemble
A Journey to Suzhou
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The Oscar Peterson Trio
Somewhere
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Mexican Institute of Sound
Para No Vivir Desperado
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Leonard Bernstein
Somewhere
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Stan Kenton
Somewhere
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Steve Earle & the Dukes
Mississippi Its Time
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MK
Bring Me To Life
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