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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: 15/09/2011

15/09/2011

BBC World Service - The Strand Archive, 15/09/2011

Anna Funder has won awards for her non-fiction now she chooses fiction.  Why?

Anna Funder, Central Asian contemporary art, Australian arts

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

Today's programme includes Anna Funder, Central Asian contemporary art and Australian arts

Photo shows a production still from Transoxiana Dreams, 2011. Courtesy of Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York

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