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05/10/2011
On today's programme, Shahidul Alam, Gianrico Carofiglio and Bert Jansch.
06/10/2011
Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Literature.
07/10/2011
Zina Saro-Wiwa reviews a new documentary which explores attitudes about skin colour.
10/10/2011
South African Albie Sachs on his memoir The Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter
11/10/2011
The Beijing International Movie Festival which includes a film celebrating rebellion.
12/10/2011
Pakistani novelist Mohammed Hanif talks about his new book, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti.
13/10/2011
Award-winning playwright Katori Hall discusses her play The Mountaintop.
14/10/2011
Poetic, political protest on the rooftops in Tehran.
17/10/2011
We review Poland's first 3D film, the story of a battle long-erased from Soviet history.
18/10/2011
We discuss 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami which is out in English and getting star treatment.
19/10/2011
Why Man Booker winner Julian Barnes got picked from a shortlist selected for "readability"
20/10/2011
American novelist David Guterson talks about his new book, Ed King.
21/10/2011
A special edition of The Strand dedicated to film
24/10/2011
Jarvis Cocker on a book of his song lyrics for 90s band Pulp.
25/10/2011
American Artist George Condo discusses his cartoon-like characters and painting The Queen.
26/10/2011
Italian writer and thinker Umberto Eco discusses his latest book The Prague Cemetery.
27/10/2011
Restoring Japan's cultural heritage after the earthquake and tsunami.
28/10/2011
Angela Gheorghiu's new CD, and three Egyptian writers discuss their latest novels.
31/10/2011
We review Tower Heist, the new film staring Alan Alda and Eddie Murphy
01/11/2011
African literary star Binyavanga Wainaina on tribalism, language and flunking school
02/11/2011
Martin Vogl reports from Mali on Africa's leading photography festival
03/11/2011
We find out how Cuban plays reflect the every day life on the island.
04/11/2011
The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day.
07/11/2011
American band REM discuss splitting up
08/11/2011
A review of Stephen King's latest novel 22.11.63 which deals with time travel
09/11/2011
A look at the latest outing for one of the videogame industry's billion dollar franchises
10/11/2011
We report from an exhibition where artists from around the world re-think lace.
11/11/2011
Anna McNamee takes the cultural temperature of Copenhagen.
14/11/2011
The new French film which has been seen by five million people in two weeks.
15/11/2011
We find out what's making the headlines at this year's Kolkata Film Festival
16/11/2011
We talk to Daniel Henshall, the lead actor in Australian film Snowtown.