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World Service,14 Jun 2010,28 mins

The Strand - Monday 14th June 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: Normandy's major show of impressionist paintings from around the world, Shankaboot - the Arab world's first online soap opera, translations of the essays of Russian writer Marina Tsvetaeva and American director, producer and author Tyler Perry.

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