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World Service,26 Mar 2010,28 mins

The Strand - Friday 26th March 2010

The Strand

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The best of the world's arts, film, music, literature and music brought to you every day. Presented by Harriett Gilbert. In today's programme: Blood artists from South East Asia and we also look at the power of artwork made from blood with critic Louisa Buck, Moscow-born author Olga Grushin talks about the real life inspiration for her latest novel 'The Concert Ticket' and we look at how the film magazine 'Cahiers du Cinéma' became a global phenomenon.

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