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13/04/2012
Seriously midblowing music from Pakistan.
16/04/2012
We find out why Chinese publishing is so prominent at this year's London Book Fair.
17/04/2012
Scholar Alex Huang discusses the history of Shakespeare performances in China.
18/04/2012
Director Oliver Hermanus talks about his Afrikaans-language film Skoonheid.
20/04/2012
Polish director Malgorzata Szumowska discusses her film Elles, starring Juliette Binoche
19/04/2012
We talk to his Patrick White's biographer about his posthumous novel
23/04/2012
A superhero movie with not just one mega-powered saviour but a whole gang!
24/04/2012
David Starkey, curator of the Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames exhibition.
26/04/2012
We look at two of the new TV series opening in the US
25/04/2012
Bernie, starring Jack Black, a documentary-style film based on a real-life murder.
27/04/2012
Korean novelist Krys Lee on the divided response to Lady Gaga's concert in Seoul
30/04/2012
Toni Morrison's novel ±«Óãtv reviewed.
01/05/2012
Louisa Buck profiles the artists nominated for this year’s Turner Prize.
02/05/2012
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International Playwriting Competition - Writing tips
We offer advice to writers entering this year's World Service Playwriting Competition.
04/05/2012
We hear how Bauhaus spread around the world
07/05/2012
As Bollywood celebrates 100 years of film production we’re in Mumbai.
08/05/2012
We talk to the bestselling author Sapphire about her novel The Kid, the sequel to Push.
09/05/2012
We're in Athens to hear how artists are responding to the major challenges facing Greece.
10/05/2012
Nigel Floyd reviews Dark Shadows, Tim Burton's latest film
11/05/2012
Novelist Naomi Benaron discusses her book Running The Rift.
14/05/2012
We talk to French-Romanian director Radu Mihailéanu about his latest film, the Source.
15/05/2012
Peru's popular TV talent show, Yo Soy!
16/05/2012
Peruvian novelist Santiago Roncagliolo pays tribute to Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes.
17/05/2012
Cannes Film Festival and James Franco's tribute to James Dean.
18/05/2012
Award-winning script writer Paul Laverty talks about writing Even the Rain.
21/05/2012
We announce the regional winners of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prizes.
22/05/2012
We find out about the latest films shown in competition at the 65th Cannes Film Festival.
23/05/2012
We review two films set during WWII which confront prejudices against minorities.
24/05/2012
Wang Shu, a 48 year old Chinese architect has won the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize.
25/05/2012
Harriett meets the UK designer behind the internationally acclaimed Seed Cathedral.
