08/10/2011

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The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Simon Pitts Yo- Yo Ma He's one of the world's most renowned classical cellists, but never afraid to work in other musical circles. On his latest album he's working with bluegrass players; including mandolin player Chris Thile. Nobel Laureate The Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Literature. The Strand celebrates his work. Shahidul Alam In London for a career retrospective, the Bangladeshi photographer reflects on why he devotes his life to enabling people to tell their own stories through their own pictures. Hell and Back Again It's being billed as a work of cinema and Danfung Dennis' war documentary shot in extraordinary HD gets closer to US Marines than most other work. We talk to Danfung. Grayson Perry: Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman We visit the British Museum to meet British potter and contemporary artist, Grayson Perry, who has curated an installation of his own work alongside objects made by unknown men and women throughout history. Warriors "Warriors of the Rainbow" is an epic new Taiwanese film based on a true story of an indigenous people's rebellion against the Japanese in the 1930s. CD Roundup - The Far East Journalist and broadcaster Paul Fisher talks us through three current releases from Asia that he thinks deserve our attention