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06/12/2011
We review the new Amy Winehouse album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures.
07/12/2011
We review two major biopics about iconic political women, The Iron Lady and The Lady.
08/12/2011
We talk to documentary maker, Carol Morley on her latest release Dreams of a Life.
09/12/2011
German artist Agnes Meyer-Brandis with a poetic experiment on weightlessness.
12/12/2011
Jarvis Cocker, one of popular music's most honest songwriters talks to Sarfraz Manzoor.
13/12/2011
The Soprano Angela Gheorghiu discusses growing up in Ceausescu's Romania.
14/12/2011
Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel discusses his extraordinary virtuosity and plays live.
15/12/2011
Today we have a feature length interview with South African composer, Kevin Volans
16/12/2011
We ask five experts to tell us their album of the year
19/12/2011
Iraqi writers discuss how their work responded to nine years of war and occupation.
20/12/2011
Oscar-winning screenwriter, Steven Zaillian, discusses The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
21/12/2011
We talk to the producer of new South African children's rom-com Hoofmeisie.
22/12/2011
The Strand talks to writers Michael Dirda and Anita Sethi about Sherlock Holmes.
23/12/2011
We talk to the director and star of this is the year's surprise film-hit, The Artist.
26/12/2011
We investigate the exciting arts scene in the world's newest country, South Sudan.
27/12/2011
Jodi Bieber and Shahidul Alam on the dilemmas in Documentary photography.
28/12/2011
The acclaimed Australian poet John Kinsella talks about his latest collection Armour.
29/12/2011
In a special edition of The Strand Harriett Gilbert celebrates the short story.
31/12/2011
Critic David D'Arcy reviews two new cinematic adaptations of plays.
02/01/2012
The Strand takes the cultural pulse of Latin America.
03/01/2012
Noo Saro-Wiwa, daughter of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, talks about her impressions of Nigeria.
04/01/2012
Barrington Watson reflects on his deep love for Jamaica, its people and above all painting
05/01/2012
Wesley Enoch, the pioneering indigenous Australian director, talks to Lawrence Pollard.
07/01/2012
Oscar-tipped actor Michael Fassbender and director Steve McQueen on their new film.
09/01/2012
Krys Lee discusses her collection of Korean Short Stories.
10/01/2012
John Keane on his art, which takes in Tahrir Square, Tony Blair and the financial crisis.
11/01/2012
A new magazine addressing the great questions of our time through the lens of Islam.
12/01/2012
The Strand discovers a unique studio space for artists
14/01/2012
Two years after the Haitian earthquake, The Strand hears about In Darkness.
16/01/2012
In election year The Strand looks at three films on political power in France.
17/01/2012
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