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30/04/2012
Toni Morrison's novel Â鶹ԼÅÄ 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.
28/05/2012
As Cannes came to a close on Sunday, we ask if the awards reflect the view of the critics.
29/05/2012
We report on the First Kiev International Biennale of Contemporary Art.
30/05/2012
We review Ridley Scott's much anticipated return to sci-fi with Prometheus.
31/05/2012
Irish writer Ruth Dudley Edwards reviews Mario Vargas Llosa's novel The Dream of the Celt.
01/06/2012
A festival of West African art and music which is taking over Manchester this summer.
04/06/2012
Sarfraz Manzoor talks to Patti Smith, the iconic American singer-songwriter.
05/06/2012
Grammy winning British multi-instrumentalist and composer Imogen Heap.
Harry Belafonte
American musician and social acitivist Harry Belafonte tells his remarkable story.
07/06/2012
Jutta Schwengsbier investigates the plight of musicians seeking refuge in Germany.
08/06/2012
Audrey Brown talks to Nigerian writer Chika Unigwe about her new book Night Dancer.
11/06/2012
Harriett Gilbert talks to Maria Noel and Laureana Toledo about Latin American Art.
