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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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The Strand Archive: Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes

08/03/2013

Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes

BBC World Service - The Strand Archive, Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes

A review of Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes - clever satire or simple bad taste?

Hitler: Look Who's Back; Chinese Art; Alien Revolution at the Royal Observatory.

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

Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes, is a work of fiction set in 2011 - narrated by Hitler. It has topped the bestseller lists in Germany for weeks. Is this clever satire or simple bad taste?

Chinese art - art collectors from around the world recently attended a new show, Art 13, held in London. We spoke with influential dealers and Chinese artists about the international flow of work. 

A new exhibition, Alien Revolution, at the Royal Observatory in London looks at humanity's long-held fascination with visitors from outer space. How universal is it and what does it say about civilisation?

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