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19/10/2011
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Presented by Lawrence Pollard.
On today's programme, Man Booker Prize, Painting Canada: Tom Thompson and the Group of Seven and Satire in Nepal.
(Photo of Julian Barnes by Samir Hussein/Getty Images)
Last on
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12:32GMT
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Chapters
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It's Man Booker time
The 2011 winner is British writer Julian Barnes. Critic Suzi Feay on why he got picked from a shortlist selected this year for "readability".
Duration: 05:52
Painting Canada: Tom Thompson and the Group of Seven
Scottish curator Ian Dejardin on why he wants the world to know about painters who changed the way Canadians saw their country.
Duration: 07:19
Satire in Nepal
Today we're talking to Nepali newspaper editor and satirist Kunda Dixit, on what 10 years of democracy does to political humour.
Duration: 04:17
Broadcasts
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