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World Service,26 Mar 2013,18 mins

Austerity Opera: Nostra Culpa

The Strand

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The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Anna McNamee. Austerity Opera A Twitter feud between the Estonian President, Toomas Hendrik Ilves and the New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is being transformed into an unlikely opera. It's called Nostra Culpa - the Latin for "our fault". Middle East Photography Tanya Habjouqa, one of the founders of Rawiya, the Middle East’s first all female photography collective discusses her work which is currently being shown at the New Art Exchange in Nottingham. Jila Peacock The Glaswegian-Iranian artist Jila Peacock talks about her collaboration with the late British composer Jonathan Harvey. He had completed a new score based on the names of Zoroastrian angels and she creates a visual response. Image: Eugene Birman and Scott Diel - the men behind Nostra Culpa. Image copyright Kaupo Kikkas.

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