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21/01/2011

The best of the world's arts, film, literature and music brought to you every day. Presented by Mark Coles.

On today's programme: Novelist Jay Parini, a review of the Royal Academy’s ‘Modern British Sculpture’ show, Steinbeck's Travels in Monterey and what’s hot on the Iranian music scene.

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28 minutes

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Mon 24 Jan 201113:32GMT
BBC World Service Online

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Chapters

  • Jay Parini

    There's a new novel about Moby Dick writer Herman Melville.

    Duration: 07:59

  • British Sculpture review

    Flies trapped in a perspex box at a new exhibition of sculpture in London

    Duration: 06:21

  • Steinbeck Package - Monterey

    We look back on American writer John Steinbeck's time in Monterey, California

    Duration: 06:36

  • World Music Round Up

    We bring you wailing bagpipe sounds from Iran.

    Duration: 06:40

Broadcasts

  • Fri 21 Jan 201122:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Sat 22 Jan 201103:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Mon 24 Jan 201109:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Mon 24 Jan 201113:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online