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The Strand Archive: 25/01/2012

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Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

We visit London's British Museum as its first big exhibition of 2012 opens. How to tell the story of sixteen hundred years of religious pilgrimage and capture its extraordinary atmosphere?

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

On today's programme: The surge of art from islamic lands.

Photo: Magnetism by Ahmed Mater. Photogravure etching. 2011 © Ahmed Mater and the Trustees of the British Museum.

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Harriett Gilbert and friends present global arts, culture and entertainment.

This programme is no longer on-air, listen to our archive of available episodes online. The Strand brings you news and reviews from the best in arts, culture and entertainment.

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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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