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The new generation of Romanian film makers.
International Playwriting Competiton - Meet the winners
We hear from the winners of the 2012 International Playwriting Competition.
Ibrahim Maalouf
Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf brings Arabic scales to 1950s style jazz.
Indian film director Anurag Kashyap
Indian film director Anurag Kashyap and the Perunika Trio.
Haneke produces Mozart Opera
Award winning producer of Amour, Michael Haneke directs Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte in Madrid.
YouTube Charts
What does the incorporation of YouTube plays to calculate chart positions mean for music?
Comedy at the ballot box
Henning Wehn examines the relationship between stand-up comedy and politics.
Mexican Car Poolers
The photographer Alejandro Cartagena spent over a year photographing Mexican car poolers
Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer
The two American songwriters talk to us about their current release Child Ballads.
FESPACO: The 23rd African film festival comes to a close
The 23rd FESPACO pan-African film festival, held in Burkina Faso, has just ended.
Latest novel from Malaysian author Tash Aw
Malaysian author Tash Aw's latest novel, Five Star Billionaire.
The return of computer games icon, Lara Croft
Release of new Tomb Raider game sees return of icon Lara Croft - minus the hotpants
Amish Tripathi
How Amish Tripathi's trilogy about Lord Shiva led to the largest book advance in India.
Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes
A review of Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes - clever satire or simple bad taste?
Music from Iceland
Fiona Talkington visits the Dark Music Days Festival in Iceland.
Papal Arts Legacy
We discover how much Benedict XVI was keen to support the contemporary arts.
African Rock
We examine the trend for western rock producers to work with prominent African musicians.
The Man Asian Literary Prize
Maya Jaggi, chair of the judges, reveals the name of the winner of the Man Asian Prize.
Tracy Chevalier - The Last Runaway
The best selling author discusses her latest novel The Last Runaway.
The Infatuations by Javier Marias
Javier Marias on his latest novel The Infatuations.
Bolshoi Scandal
Bolshoi Scandals - we hear the latest.
Steve Earle Special
The American singer-songwriter talks to Mark Coles about his new album The Low Highway.
Philip Roth Unmasked
Pulitzer Prize winning American writer Philip Roth is the subject of a new TV documentary
The death of Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe, the acclaimed Nigerian novelist and poet has died.
91热爆 World Service's What If Competition winners
We announce the winners of the 91热爆 World Service's What If competition.
Austerity Opera: Nostra Culpa
How a Twitter feud became an opera.
A Tribute to Chinua Achebe
The Strand celebrates one of the world's great writers - the late Chinua Achebe.
Mohsin Hamid
Samira Ahmed talks to Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid.
Interview with film director Danny Boyle
Harriett Gilbert talks to the director of Shallow Grave and 2008鈥檚 Slumdog Millionaire.