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Play now 18 mins

07/08/2012

Duration:
18 minutes
First broadcast:
Tuesday 07 August 2012

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

Presented by Anna McNamee.

In today's programme, we hear about the art of blind photography from two exponents as their exhibition Through The Looking Glass, Dimly opens as part of the Edinburgh Festival, an interview with Delhi-based writer Nirupama Subramanian about his new novel on the challenges of modern Indian love and we hear how the French harpist Xavier de Maistre is transforming the classics.

(Image: By Andrew Follows from the Through The Looking Glass, Dimly exhibition)

Chapters

3 items

  • Nirupama Subramanian

    The Delhi-based author talks about her new novel Intermission about love and infidelity in modern India.

  • Blind Photography

    Two visually-impaired photographers, Andrew Follows and Rosita McKenzie, talk about the art of blind photography on the eve of their new Edinburgh Festival exhibition Through The Looking Glass, Dimly.

  • Xavier de Maistre

    French harpist Xavier de Maistre talks about his new album Notte Veneziana.

  • Image by Rosita Mckenzie

    Image by Rosita Mckenzie

    From the Through The Looking Glass, Dimly exhibition.

    Through The Looking Glass, Dimly at Contemporary Art Exchange is part of Edinburgh Art Festival, until 2 September 2012.

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