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World Service,22 Dec 2011,18 mins

22/12/2011

The Strand

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The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Lawrence Pollard. In today's programme, writers Michael Dirda and Anita Sethi talk about Sherlock Holmes and Beruit artist Marwan Rechmaoui suggests a pessimistic outlook for the on-going stability of Lebanese society. (Image: US actor Robert Downey Jr arrives at the premiere of the film Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows. Credit: Getty)

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