Burmese Punk Rock
Side Effect is a rock band from Burma; having to overcome a lack of venues and difficult finances as well as political censorship at home, they’ve just toured Germany.
Side Effect is a rock band from Burma; having to overcome a lack of venues and difficult finances as well as political censorship at home, they’ve just toured Germany.
Nick Thorpe reports from Hungary where protestors are angry about government moves to change the way the arts are funded, fearing a new Arts Academy will limit the freedoms of museums, theatres and galleries.
As Gerard Depardieu goes to great lengths to avoid paying taxes in France, writer David Quantick looks back to the 1970s - the golden age of rock stars leaving the UK to become tax exiles.
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Burmese Punk Rock
The Burmese band Side Effect who have just toured Germany.
Duration: 05:58
Tax Exiles
A look back to the golden age of rock stars leaving the UK to become tax exiles.
Duration: 04:35
Hungarian Arts
Will a new Arts Academy in Hungary limit the freedoms of museums, theatres and galleries?
Duration: 06:55
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- Wed 9 Jan 2013 20:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Thu 10 Jan 2013 03:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Thu 10 Jan 2013 09:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Thu 10 Jan 2013 12:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
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