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World Service,16 May 2026,49 mins

Carla Simon

The Arts Hour

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Nikki Bedi speaks to the Spanish director of Romeria, Carla Simon. Plus Zakia Sewell – broadcaster and author of new book Finding Albion – joins to discuss the week’s cultural highlights: American country music star Kacey Musgraves on her new album Filmmaker Warwick Thornton talks about the relationships between Aboriginal Australians and Chinese labourers Indian-born novelist Amitav Ghosh shares his love of Rabindranath Tagore Pedro Pascal and Sigourney Weaver on new Star Wars film, The Mandalorian and Grogu The artist representing Britain at this year’s Venice Biennale, Lubaina Himid pays tribute to her Tanzanian mother And nomadic folk music from Inner Mongolian group, Anda Union Photo Credit: David Ruano

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