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23/04/2010

Duration:
28 minutes
First broadcast:
Friday 23 April 2010

The best of the world's arts, film, music, literature and music brought to you every day and presented by Harriett Gilbert.

On Today’s programme: Damon Galgut; Dogtooth; Ether Books; Tel Aviv Artists;

Chapters

4 items
  • Damon Galgut

    Harriet speaks to the South African writer about his new book, In a Strange Room.

  • Short stories from the Ether

    The launch of ether-books, a download service for short stories.

  • Dogtooth

    Critic Ninos Mikelides reviews Dogtooth, one of the strangest films of the year.

  • Tel Aviv Artists

    A group of seven contemporary artists from Tel Aviv feature in an exhibition in London

  • Damon Galgut

    Harriet speaks to the South African writer about his new book, In a Strange Room, a novel based on the author's travels. He discuses the fluidity of memory, why he won't be in Cape Town during the World Cup, and how his childhood battle with cancer led to a love of writing.

  • Short stories from the Ether

    This week sees the launch of ether-books, a download service for short stories. Jonathon Kent looks at the impact that this could have for both readers and writers around the world as well as for those in countries with a short story tradition.

  • Dogtooth

    Dogtooth

    Critic Ninos Mikelides reviews Dogtooth, one of the strangest yet most arresting films of the year, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Set in Greece it focuses on a dysfunctional family who shield their children from the outside world.

  • Tel Aviv Artists

    Tel Aviv Artists

    Photo: The Sun is Coming out... by Yochai Matos

    Tel Aviv is Israel's vibrant, exciting cultural centre. For the first time, a group of seven contemporary artists from the city feature in an exhibition in London. Harriett Gilbert visits the Jaffa Cakes TLV show, talks to curator Yasmine Datnow and featured artists Yochai Matos and Nogah Engler and finds that things are not necessarily as they first appear.

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