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The Strand is a daily 18 minute programme highlighting the best of what's going in the arts. Wide-ranging and with eclectic interests, The Strand reflects the artistic response to the BBC's news agenda. Presented by Harriett Gilbert and friends, it features discussions, reviews, big-name interviews and location reports as well as live studio performances and Hollywood, Bollywood gossip.

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The Strand Archive: 16/01/2010

16/01/2010

BBC World Service - The Strand Archive, 16/01/2010

The best of this week's Strand, including an interview with Jay Parini.

The best of this week's Strand including an interview with Jay Parini, a celebration of the 60th birthday of Leung Ping Kwan and review of 'Contra' - the new album by Vampire Weekend.

Also, a report on Senegal's 'African Renaissance' Statue, the novelist Adam Mars-Jones reviews Colin Firth in 'A Single Man' and a look at an international arts competition offering £100, 000 prize money.

Pictured here is Xiaolu Guo, who talked to The Strand this week about her new collection of love stories.

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