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WINDTALKERS
Novelist Sebastian Faulks reviews Windtalkers, the latest World War Two Hollywood blockbuster starring Nicholas Cage.

Windtalkers is released nationwide today
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JUDY BLUME
Bestselling children's author, Judy Blume talks to Rosie Goldsmith about her new book, Double Fudge and why her subject matter for teenage fiction is still as relevant as it ever was.

Judy Blume's Double Fudge is published by Macmillan Children's Books
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VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
Is the Venice Film Festival losing its prestige? Film critic Leslie Felperin discusses this issue and gives her verdict on the much awaited biopic Frida (about the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo) starring Salma Hayek.
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JULIAN ANDERSON
Two compositions by rising star, Julian Anderson, are featured at the Proms this year. Only 35, he has already been composer in residence at the London Sinfonia, and is now on contract with the prestigious City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. He talks to Rosie Goldsmith about what it is like to be young and gifted.

Julian Anderson's Alhambra Fantasy will be performed at the BBC Proms in London on Monday 2 September and Imagin'd Corners on Wednesday 11 September. Both concerts will be broadcast live on Radio 3.
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HIP HOP
Music critic and broadcaster Kevin le Gendre looks at two new films about hip-hop and traces the evolution of hip hop as an art form

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