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Last broadcast on Mon, 16 Nov 2009, 13:32 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).
Post War Art and Culture Festival in Iraq
Iraq's Post War Art and Culture Festival is being held in the notorious Red Jail in Iraqi Kurdistan which, during Saddam Hussein's regime was used to imprison, torture and murder Kurdish people. Harriett talks to the festival's curator, Adalet Garmiany and to sculptor Richard Wilson, whose work 20:50 is the centrepiece of the event, about staging an art event in a building with such a terrible past.
Martha Wainwright
Coming from an extremely musical family - both of her parents and her brother are internationally successful performing artists - Martha Wainwright always had to create a distinct identity, and her latest album putting her own slant on the songs of Edith Piaf has been widely acclaimed. She came into The Strand studio to talk about the project and play one of her favourites.
Attica Locke
The African American author Attica Locke is hailed as a "standout" writer by James Ellroy and compared to The Wire writer George Pelecanos and Mystic River author Dennis Lehane. On The Strand she discusses her debut crime thriller Black Water Rising - a story of corruption, oil wealth and race relations in 1980s Texas.
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Red Jail Art
Harriett talks to the curator of Iraq's Post War Art and Culture Festival.
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Attica Locke
Attica Locke discusses her debut crime thriller Black Water Rising.
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Martha Wainwright
Martha talks about her latest album of Edif Piaf songs and plays one of her favourites.
Broadcasts
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Fri 13 Nov 200922:32
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Sat 14 Nov 200903:32
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Mon 16 Nov 200909:32
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Mon 16 Nov 200913:32
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