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Australian Actress Rebel Wilson and Sitarist Anoushka Shankar

Actress Rebel Wilson on taking the Australian tabloid magazines to court

Sitarist and composer Anoushka Shankar talks about scoring the 1928 silent film Shiraz, and Korean-American novelist Mary Lynn Bracht discusses her debut novel White Chrysanthemum, set partly in Japanese-occupied Korea.

Australian actress and funny woman Rebel Wilson describes how it felt taking on the Australian tabloids in court.

Oscar winning actor Tom Hanks on how Meryl Streep gave him an acting masterclass on the set of their new movie The Post.

Eastern Congo and Kenya's Orchestre Les Mangelepa perform a song from their new album.

Oscar winning composer Hans Zimmer talks about collaborating with Christopher Nolan on the film Dunkirk.

We hear about Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, the Mongolian opera singer who moves audiences to tears.

And ahead of our Arts Hour on Tour in Copenhagen next week, Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson explains the importance of sitting down to lunch with colleagues.

(Photo: Rebel Wilson (c) Theo Wargo/Getty Images, Tom Hanks (c) Chris Jackson/Getty Images, Anoushka Shankar (c) Valerie Macon/Getty Images)

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Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar

Shiraz, a BFI National Archive restoration, with an original score by Anoushka Shankar is released on DVD/Blu-ray by the British Film Institute on 26 February.


Photo shows Anoushka Shankar (c) 听Laura Lewis/Deutsche Grammophon听


Mary Lynn Bracht

Mary Lynn Bracht
Mary Lynn Bracht's novel White Chrysanthemum听is out now
Photo shows: Mary Lynn Bracht (c) Tim Hall听

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