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World Service,26 Aug 2010,28 mins

The Strand - Thursday 26th August 2010

The Strand

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The best of the world's arts, film, literature and music brought to you every day. Presented by Harriett Gilbert. In today's programme: We review Prince of Broadway - a new movie about a Ghanian immigrant making ends meet in New York's wholesale fashion district, Novelist Miguel Syjuco choose three novels about his home country - the Philippines and we investigate Steampunk a term which refers to a genre of books, films, art and games that draws inspiration from the world of Victorian science fiction.

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