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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: Edward Seaga - Former Jamaica Prime Minister

Harriet Gilbert

05/11/2012

Edward Seaga - Former Jamaica Prime Minister

BBC World Service - The Strand Archive, Edward Seaga - Former Jamaica Prime Minister

Edward Seaga on producing a compilation album to celebrate 50 years of Jamaican music.

Former Jamaica prime minister Edward Seaga, a former key producer in the history of the island's popular music, has just produced a compilation album to celebrate 50 years of Jamaican music. He tells us why.

Book Of Kells
Dating from 800AD the Book of Kells is visited by over half a million people every year in Ireland. We talk to Bernard Meehan about his new book which allows readers to discover up close some of it's hidden secrets. 

Juanjo Mena
We talk to the Spanish conductor Juanjo Mena who's produced an album celebrating the Catalonian composer Xavier Montsalvatge. He tells us why he thinks his work is unjustly overlooked these days.

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