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Director Neil Jordan tells us about the Vampires and erect thumbs in his new film Byzantium; The Kite Runner author Khaled Hosseini says he may be able to write a sympathetic Taliban character; listeners select the best 50 African music tracks to celebrate 50 years of the African Union. And after the $90,000 Man Booker International Prize is awarded, we talk to the winner Lydia Davis - her short stories are sometimes as short as one line. With a report from the Venice art Biennale 鈥� this year artists offering haircuts up trees, a tribute to the Bronte sisters by punk poetess Patti Smith and a hit revival of Stephen Sondheim鈥檚 musical Merrily We Roll Along in London.