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11/09/2012
South African novelist, Andre Brink, talks about his latest novel, Philida.
12/09/2012
African-American crime writer Attica Locke talks about her latest novel The Cutting Season
13/09/2012
Vieux Farka Toure and Idan Raichel have a sumptious album out.
14/09/2012
On the Strand today we focus on Brazil as part of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's Brazil Direct programme.
17/09/2012
Toronto International Film Festival, Diana Vreeland and a controversial play from Uganda.
18/09/2012
The exhibition focusing on human rights abuses at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.
19/09/2012
Five artists seek to change how we feel by creating a mood-altering sonic emersion space
20/09/2012
We find out what an urban arts festival in Zimbabwe reveals about it's cultural life.
21/09/2012
American gospel singer BeBe Winans talks about his new album of patriotic songs
24/09/2012
We review Holy Motors, the new film from the intriguing French director Leos Carax.
25/09/2012
The new television programme which has caused controversy in Turkey.
26/09/2012
We are in Paris to discover the work of young Muslim artists in France today.
27/09/2012
The Strand reviews The Casual Vacancy, the new book by JK Rowling.
28/09/2012
Spanish Arts cuts - The Bescano Theatre in Spain now sells carrots rather than tickets...
01/10/2012
Two new galleries have opened in Shanghai, what will these add to the Chinese art offer?
02/10/2012
Artist Abdul Erahman Ahlees discusses the creative freedom now enjoyed by Libyan artists.
03/10/2012
We find out why it’s taken so long for Idols South Africa to find its first black winner.
04/10/2012
David Thomson's new book The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies and What They Did to us
Iconic TV shows
Is it possible to predict what TV shows will become iconic?
Alex Katz
Alex Katz on originality, muses and the life-enhancing power of the grudge.
Come Together
Thirty-one artists from around the Arab world exhibit together on London's Brick Lane
Anish Kapoor, Jake Shimabukuro and Nigeria's first ever disaster movie
A major exhibition of new works by Anish Kapoor has just opened in London.
Mo Yan: Winner of 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature
Reaction to Mo Yan as this year's winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Michael Chabon on his novel Telegraph Avenue
Anna McNamee talks to Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Michael Chabon.
Busan International Film Festival 2012 in South Korea
We take a look at the highlights of this year’s Busan International Film Festival.
Eran Riklis on his film Zaytoun
An unlikely road movie featuring an Israeli fighter pilot and a young Palestinian refugee.
What is America?
Fifty monologues from leading US playwrights, on what America means to them
Actor Martin Landau
We dedicate today’s Strand to the veteran Oscar-winning American actor Martin Landau.
Director Matteo Garrone on his new film Reality
We talk to the director Matteo Garrone about his new film, Reality.
Cloud Atlas: Bringing this ambitious book to the big screen
We hear about the new movie of David Mitchell's ambitious novel, Cloud Atlas.
Skyfall: James Bond is back, directed by Oscar-winning Sam Mendes
James Bond is back with the latest offering directed by Oscar-winning Sam Mendes.