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The Strand

Essential news and reviews from the best in arts, culture and entertainment from around the world, with Harriett Gilbert and friends.

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Interview with film director Danny Boyle
Harriett Gilbert talks to the director of Shallow Grave and 2008’s Slumdog Millionaire.
29 Mar 2013,18 mins
Mohsin Hamid
Samira Ahmed talks to Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid.
28 Mar 2013,18 mins
A Tribute to Chinua Achebe
The Strand celebrates one of the world's great writers - the late Chinua Achebe.
27 Mar 2013,18 mins
Austerity Opera: Nostra Culpa
How a Twitter feud became an opera.
26 Mar 2013,18 mins
BBC World Service's What If Competition winners
We announce the winners of the BBC World Service's What If competition.
25 Mar 2013,18 mins
The death of Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe, the acclaimed Nigerian novelist and poet has died.
22 Mar 2013,18 mins
Philip Roth Unmasked
Pulitzer Prize winning American writer Philip Roth is the subject of a new TV documentary
21 Mar 2013,18 mins
Steve Earle Special
The American singer-songwriter talks to Mark Coles about his new album The Low Highway.
20 Mar 2013,18 mins
Bolshoi Scandal
Bolshoi Scandals - we hear the latest.
19 Mar 2013,18 mins
The Infatuations by Javier Marias
Javier Marias on his latest novel The Infatuations.
18 Mar 2013,18 mins
Tracy Chevalier - The Last Runaway
The best selling author discusses her latest novel The Last Runaway.
15 Mar 2013,18 mins
The Man Asian Literary Prize
Maya Jaggi, chair of the judges, reveals the name of the winner of the Man Asian Prize.
14 Mar 2013,18 mins
African Rock
We examine the trend for western rock producers to work with prominent African musicians.
13 Mar 2013,18 mins
Papal Arts Legacy
We discover how much Benedict XVI was keen to support the contemporary arts.
12 Mar 2013,18 mins
Music from Iceland
Fiona Talkington visits the Dark Music Days Festival in Iceland.
11 Mar 2013,18 mins
Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes
A review of Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes - clever satire or simple bad taste?
08 Mar 2013,18 mins
Amish Tripathi
How Amish Tripathi's trilogy about Lord Shiva led to the largest book advance in India.
07 Mar 2013,18 mins
The return of computer games icon, Lara Croft
Release of new Tomb Raider game sees return of icon Lara Croft - minus the hotpants
06 Mar 2013,18 mins
Latest novel from Malaysian author Tash Aw
Malaysian author Tash Aw's latest novel, Five Star Billionaire.
05 Mar 2013,18 mins
FESPACO: The 23rd African film festival comes to a close
The 23rd FESPACO pan-African film festival, held in Burkina Faso, has just ended.
04 Mar 2013,18 mins
Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer
The two American songwriters talk to us about their current release Child Ballads.
01 Mar 2013,18 mins
Mexican Car Poolers
The photographer Alejandro Cartagena spent over a year photographing Mexican car poolers
28 Feb 2013,18 mins
Comedy at the ballot box
Henning Wehn examines the relationship between stand-up comedy and politics.
27 Feb 2013,18 mins
YouTube Charts
What does the incorporation of YouTube plays to calculate chart positions mean for music?
26 Feb 2013,18 mins
Haneke produces Mozart Opera
Award winning producer of Amour, Michael Haneke directs Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte in Madrid.
25 Feb 2013,18 mins
Indian film director Anurag Kashyap
Indian film director Anurag Kashyap and the Perunika Trio.
22 Feb 2013,18 mins
Ibrahim Maalouf
Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf brings Arabic scales to 1950s style jazz.
21 Feb 2013,18 mins
International Playwriting Competiton - Meet the winners
We hear from the winners of the 2012 International Playwriting Competition.
20 Feb 2013,18 mins
Romanian Cinema
The new generation of Romanian film makers.
19 Feb 2013,18 mins
Detroit: Music City
Detroit is a city in spiralling decline. Can music and the arts help to revive it?
18 Feb 2013,18 mins