04/02/2012

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Presented by Harriett Gilbert and friends, The Weekend Strand is a 55 minute programme highlighting the best of what's been broadcast on The Strand during the week. On this week’s programme, The Woman in Black As Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe launches the horror film "The Woman in Black", US movie theatres this weekend are also opening "Chronicle" and "The Innkeepers". Dave Calhoun discusses this new wave of retro chillers. Jeet Thayil A debut novel from the poet and musician Jeet Thayil exposes the rotten underbelly of contemporary Indian life in a story of pimps, poets and addicts over 30 years in the slums of Bombay. Macau Literary Festival A report from the first Macau Literary Festival which is bringing together Chinese and Portuguese-language writers, including Man Asian Prize winner Su Tong and José Luis Peixoto. Paul Mealor His compositions have been performed at last year's Royal Wedding (Ubi Caritas) and topped the UK charts (Wherever You Are). He explains the breadth of his appeal. Agnieszka Holland The acclaimed Polish film director on her latest Oscar-nominated film, In Darkness, about a sewer worker who hides Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland. Wislawa Szymborska The writer Eva Hoffman celebrates the life of Nobel Prize winning poet Wislawa Szymborska who has died at the age of 88. Santiago Serra Spanish Artist Santiago Serra talks about paying unemployed people to help create images and taking a sign saying No around Europe and the USA. CD Round up DJ Rita Ray brings us new CDs by three exciting African women performers: The Lijadu Sisters from Nigeria,Yvonne Mwale from Zambia and Sia Tolno from Guinea.