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06/05/2011

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On today's programme: Abdulrazak Gurnah (pictured), a tribute to Arthur Laurents and the Anglo-Afghan Wars Past and Present

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Mon 9 May 201112:32GMT
BBC World Service Online

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Chapters

  • Abdulrazak Gurnah

    The Zanzibari-born author talks about his new novel The Last Gift, the story of a man who suffers a stroke and finds himself trapped in his own thoughts.

    Duration: 06:12

  • Arthur Laurents

    We pay tribute to the man who wrote the books upon which the films West Side Story, Gypsy, The Way We Were and Rope were based, who has died aged 93.

    Duration: 04:29

  • Anglo-Afghan Wars Past and Present

    New exhibition at London's Tate Modern shows photographs taken in Afghanistan in 2010-2011 by British photographer Simon Norfolk.

    Duration: 06:21

Broadcasts

  • Fri 6 May 201121:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Sat 7 May 201102:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Mon 9 May 201108:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Mon 9 May 201112:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online