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The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Harriet Gilbert. On today's programme: Critic Noah Richler looks at the number of literary adaptations on offer this year at the Toronto International Film Festival - are they as good as the books? Director (and granddaughter-in-law) Lisa Immordino Vreeland discusses her documentary film about the legendary American journalist and fashion editor Diana Vreeland. And we find out why a British theatre producer is in trouble with the law for putting on a play about gay life in Kampala. Illustration from the film Midnight's Children adapted by Salman Rushdie and directed by Deepa Mehta.
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