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Your daily journey into global arts, culture and entertainment, with Harriett Gilbert and Mark Coles.

J G Ballard
Known for his stories of dystopian modernity, The Strand discusses the life and global appeal of the late writer J.G.Ballard with his agent of more than 25 years Margaret Hanbury and the literary critic Prof. John Sutherland.

Encounters at the End of the World
German film-maker Werner Herzog is back with another documentary "Encounters at the End of the World" filmed in Antarctica. Travel writer Sara Wheeler wrote her two stays on the continent, into the bestseller Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica and she comes into The Strand studio to review the new film.

Lebogang Mashile
As South Africa prepares for this Wednesday's parliamentary-elections, 15 years after Nelson Mandela came to power, one of the country's most popular poets, the performance-poet Lebogang Mashile - whose vibrant performances caught the attention of former South-African-President Thabo Mbeki and who invited her to perform at his inauguration - discusses her art and her political vision.