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Your daily journey into global arts, culture and entertainment, with Harriett Gilbert and Mark Coles.

Looking For Eric
After a warm reception at its Cannes film festival premiere, Ken Loach's film Looking for Eric gets a release in cinemas this week. The film tells the story of a postman whose life is going downhill. His stepsons treat him without respect, his marriage his collapsed and he's going nowhere. But help arrives in the unexpected form of legendary French footballer Eric Cantona. Harriett Gilbert meets Cantona, Ken Loach, the writer Paul Laverty and lead actor Steve Evets.

Shanghai's Drama Valley
Shanghai officials have just announced plans to develop what they're calling "Drama Valley" - a magnificent new theatre district that within ten years will be able to compete with America's Broadway or London's West End. The Strand hears all about it from their Shanghai correspondent.

Texting Iran
The playwright and screenwriter Naghmed Samini discusses the importance of text message jokes in modern Iranian comedy.

Hanan al Shayk
The acclaimed Lebanese writer Hanan al Shayk talks about her memoir which one Beiruit newspaper said laid every stereotype of Arab women to rest.