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'I don't really set out to shock' - Irvine Welsh
Campaigning documentaries are back - we hear about new anti-sugar movie Fed Up. Irvine ‘Trainspotting’ Welsh talks about his new novel. And, there is upcoming Ghanaian-British music star Kwabs and music from Senegal’s Les Freres Guisse. We meet opera’s most in-demand couple Ailyn Perez and Stephen Costello and uncover new theatre from South Africa and Asian-America.
(Photo: From left to right, Irvine Welsh, credit: Ian Gavan/Getty Images. Laurie David, credit: Alberto E Rodriguez. And, David Henry Hwang)
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The Scottish writer talks about his new novel, The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins
Duration: 05:52
Fed Up
Interview with Laurie David, the producer of a new campaigning documentary
Duration: 02:22
Caine Prize Shortlist
Chikodili Emelumadu tells us about the books on the shortlist
Duration: 09:07
Kwabena Sarkodee Adjepong
The Ghanaian born musician known as Kwabs performs live
Duration: 05:37
David Henry Hwang
The Chinese-American playwright talks about his new play, Yellow Face
Duration: 08:25
Les Freres Guisses
The Senegalese acoustic trio sing about love and politics
Duration: 03:57
South African Theatre
New theatre from the post-apartheid generation
Duration: 08:01
Ailyn Pérez and Stephen Costello
The opera stars currently starring La Traviata at the Royal Opera House in London
Duration: 06:05
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Leftfield
Song of Life
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The Watts 103rd Street Strings
Brown Sugar
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Tan Dun
The Eternal Vow
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Julie Andrews
A Spoon Full of Sugar
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Mesu Kasumai
Alla Lamina
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Kwabs
Jealous Guy
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Kwabs
Pray for Love
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Maalsesh
150 Ans
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Jonathan Pryce
The Engineer from Miss Saigon
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Les Frères Guissé
Les Freres Guisse
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to the Marriage of Figaro
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- Sun 18 May 201421:06GMTBBC World Service Online
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