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27/09/2012
The Strand reviews The Casual Vacancy, the new book by JK Rowling.
28/09/2012
Spanish Arts cuts - The Bescano Theatre in Spain now sells carrots rather than tickets...
01/10/2012
Two new galleries have opened in Shanghai, what will these add to the Chinese art offer?
02/10/2012
Artist Abdul Erahman Ahlees discusses the creative freedom now enjoyed by Libyan artists.
03/10/2012
We find out why it’s taken so long for Idols South Africa to find its first black winner.
04/10/2012
David Thomson's new book The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies and What They Did to us
Iconic TV shows
Is it possible to predict what TV shows will become iconic?
Alex Katz
Alex Katz on originality, muses and the life-enhancing power of the grudge.
Come Together
Thirty-one artists from around the Arab world exhibit together on London's Brick Lane
Anish Kapoor, Jake Shimabukuro and Nigeria's first ever disaster movie
A major exhibition of new works by Anish Kapoor has just opened in London.
Mo Yan: Winner of 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature
Reaction to Mo Yan as this year's winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Michael Chabon on his novel Telegraph Avenue
Anna McNamee talks to Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Michael Chabon.
Busan International Film Festival 2012 in South Korea
We take a look at the highlights of this year’s Busan International Film Festival.
Eran Riklis on his film Zaytoun
An unlikely road movie featuring an Israeli fighter pilot and a young Palestinian refugee.
What is America?
Fifty monologues from leading US playwrights, on what America means to them
Actor Martin Landau
We dedicate today’s Strand to the veteran Oscar-winning American actor Martin Landau.
Director Matteo Garrone on his new film Reality
We talk to the director Matteo Garrone about his new film, Reality.
Cloud Atlas: Bringing this ambitious book to the big screen
We hear about the new movie of David Mitchell's ambitious novel, Cloud Atlas.
Skyfall: James Bond is back, directed by Oscar-winning Sam Mendes
James Bond is back with the latest offering directed by Oscar-winning Sam Mendes.
Greek Theatre Attacks
A theatre in Greece has been attacked by far-right MPs for staging a controversial play.
Islamist crackdown on music in Mali
We find out how the Islamist crackdown on music in Mali is having a dramatic effect
26/10/2012
We speak to world-renowned soprano Renée Fleming about her upcoming role in Verdi’s Otello
Rust and Bone
"I would die to work with Jacques Audiard" Marion Cotillard on Rust and Bone's director.
30/10/2012
The first major exhibition devoted to the male nude is currently being staged in Vienna.
How to Watch Films in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi film maker who's lobbying the government to legalise film clubs
Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe has done New York and Atlanta - now in his latest novel - it's Miami's turn.
Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk
Mark Coles talks to Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk about his novel Silent House.
Edward Seaga - Former Jamaica Prime Minister
Edward Seaga on producing a compilation album to celebrate 50 years of Jamaican music.
Sri Lankan music artist, Ashanthi
Ashanthi; Chinese dissident literature; and the Art that Germany wants to forget.
American artist Jim Shaw
Artist Jim Shaw on the links between an invented religion and the economic downturn.
Nour Festival of Arts
Dia Batal explains how she turned one of London’s most iconic rooms into a memorial.