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Culture in Qatar

The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Shaimaa Khalil reports from Doha

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Lost in Thailand

Lost in Thailand, the new comedy film in China keeping the box offices busy.

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Quentin Tarantino

Today, a special interview with American film director Quentin Tarantino.

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Burmese Punk Rock

The Burmese band Side Effect who have just toured Germany.

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Missing Matisse Returned

Twenty Five years after it was stolen, Matisse’s Le Jardin is being returned to Sweden.

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Detroit: Music City

Detroit is a city in spiralling decline. Can music and the arts help to rebuild it?

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Hawaii Five-O

A classic US TV cop-show is allowing viewers to vote online to decide an episode ending.

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Art in Marseilles

How Marseilles is celebrating its new status as one of the European Capitals of Culture.

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Aimee Mann

Oscar-nominated American singer-songwriter Aimee Mann talks about her new album.

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Soka Afrika

A new documentary film tackles the exploitation of talented young footballers in Africa

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Hilary Mantel interview

'I have never experienced terror like that again' - Hilary Mantel

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Hear my country

Listeners choose the songs that conjure up the feel, sound and spirit of their country

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The Perfect American

Philip Glass's latest opera is based on Walt Disney, but it’s not a pretty story.

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Voices united for Mali

Mali's most famous musicians have recorded a song calling for peace in their country.

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Jaipur Literary Festival

The Dalai Lama, Manu Joseph and Sebastian Faulkes at largest literary festival in India

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Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty: controversial movie tells the story of the hunt for Osama bin Laden

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Robert Zemeckis

Director Robert Zemeckis discusses his new film Flight starring Denzel Washington

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Feast

The Yoruba: their beliefs and legacy is the focus of a new theatre production in London

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Lena Dunham

Alec Baldwin of WNYC talks to the writer and star of the huge successful TV series Girls.

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Nihad Sirees

The Syrian writer Nihad Sirees talks about his new novel The Silence and the Roar

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Barbara Hannigan

Operatic soprano Barbara Hannigan is always pushing at the boundaries

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Irrawaddy Literary Festival

We're in Burma for the country's first-ever literary festival.

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Peter Zumthor

Celebrated Swiss architect Peter Zumthor talks about designing buildings with integrity

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Woody Guthrie

A previously unknown novel by US folk singer Woody Guthrie has just been published.

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Ice Age Art

Ice Age Art:Arrival of the Modern Mind is a new exhibition at the British Museum in London

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A Liar's Autobiography

The Monty Python team are reunited with their deceased colleague in this animated film

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A different look at love with American psychologist Barbara L Fredrickson.

A different look at love with American psychologist Barbara L Fredrickson.

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World Premiere of Speranza (Hope) by Mark-Anthony Turnage.

A new work by Mark-Anthony Turnage - Speranza (Hope) - has its World Premiere in London.

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Stone Dreams

Akram Aylisli's novella has sparked a hate campaign in his native Azerbaijan.

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Salif Keita

Salif Keita, one of Africa's biggest musical stars talks about his new album Talé

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