The Strand - Wednesday 6th May 2009

Your daily journey into global arts, culture and entertainment, with Rajan Datar.

Stephen Frears

Interview with Stephen Frears talks about his new film Cheri which reunites him with actress Michelle Pfeiffer and writer Christopher Hampton.

Afrikaans Punk

Deborah Basckin reports on the growing Africaans Punk scene that has emerged in the last 10 years from out of the Cape Town suburb of Belleville

Quentin Blake

We meet the legendary illustrator of many of Roald Dahl's work Quentin Blake.

Ron Silliman

American poet Ron Silliman, whose poetry blog has had over 2 million visitors joins Rajan in the studio to discuss the relationship between poetry and the internet.