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The Â鶹Éç's Shaimaa Khalil reports from Doha
Lost in Thailand
Lost in Thailand, the new comedy film in China keeping the box offices busy.
Quentin Tarantino
Today, a special interview with American film director Quentin Tarantino.
Burmese Punk Rock
The Burmese band Side Effect who have just toured Germany.
Missing Matisse Returned
Twenty Five years after it was stolen, Matisse’s Le Jardin is being returned to Sweden.
Detroit: Music City
Detroit is a city in spiralling decline. Can music and the arts help to rebuild it?
Hawaii Five-O
A classic US TV cop-show is allowing viewers to vote online to decide an episode ending.
Art in Marseilles
How Marseilles is celebrating its new status as one of the European Capitals of Culture.
Aimee Mann
Oscar-nominated American singer-songwriter Aimee Mann talks about her new album.
Soka Afrika
A new documentary film tackles the exploitation of talented young footballers in Africa
Hilary Mantel interview
'I have never experienced terror like that again' - Hilary Mantel
Hear my country
Listeners choose the songs that conjure up the feel, sound and spirit of their country
The Perfect American
Philip Glass's latest opera is based on Walt Disney, but it’s not a pretty story.
Voices united for Mali
Mali's most famous musicians have recorded a song calling for peace in their country.
Jaipur Literary Festival
The Dalai Lama, Manu Joseph and Sebastian Faulkes at largest literary festival in India
Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty: controversial movie tells the story of the hunt for Osama bin Laden
Robert Zemeckis
Director Robert Zemeckis discusses his new film Flight starring Denzel Washington
Feast
The Yoruba: their beliefs and legacy is the focus of a new theatre production in London
Lena Dunham
Alec Baldwin of WNYC talks to the writer and star of the huge successful TV series Girls.
Nihad Sirees
The Syrian writer Nihad Sirees talks about his new novel The Silence and the Roar
Barbara Hannigan
Operatic soprano Barbara Hannigan is always pushing at the boundaries
Irrawaddy Literary Festival
We're in Burma for the country's first-ever literary festival.
Peter Zumthor
Celebrated Swiss architect Peter Zumthor talks about designing buildings with integrity
Woody Guthrie
A previously unknown novel by US folk singer Woody Guthrie has just been published.
Ice Age Art
Ice Age Art:Arrival of the Modern Mind is a new exhibition at the British Museum in London
A Liar's Autobiography
The Monty Python team are reunited with their deceased colleague in this animated film
A different look at love with American psychologist Barbara L Fredrickson.
World Premiere of Speranza (Hope) by Mark-Anthony Turnage.
A new work by Mark-Anthony Turnage - Speranza (Hope) - has its World Premiere in London.
Stone Dreams
Akram Aylisli's novella has sparked a hate campaign in his native Azerbaijan.
Salif Keita
Salif Keita, one of Africa's biggest musical stars talks about his new album Talé
Intizar Husain - Basti
One of the finest works written in Urdu and nominated for a Man Booker International prize