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The Arts Hour: 08/11/2015 15:06 GMT: JK Rowling, Hussein Chalayan, Asha Puthli

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JK Rowling, Hussein Chalayan, Asha Puthli

08/11/2015 15:06 GMT

08/11/2015 15:06 GMT: JK Rowling, Hussein Chalayan, Asha Puthli

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, JK Rowling, Hussein Chalayan, Asha Puthli

JK Rowling on her new crime novel Career Of Evil and Danny Boyle on his Steve Jobs biopic

JK Rowling on her new crime novel Career Of Evil, Danny Boyle on his Steve Jobs biopic, and Indian jazz and soul singer Asha Puthli talks about her role in the days of disco.

Harry Potter creator JK Rowling on Career Of Evil, her new crime novel written under the pseudonym, Robert Galbraith. Oscar winning director Danny Boyle, discusses his latest film, Steve Jobs, a biopic of the legendary founder of Apple. We meet Ugandan stand up comedian Joseph Opie, the latest African to start work on top US news satire programme The Daily Show. 

Up and coming actor and dramatist Rachael Ofori on Portrait her semi-autobiographical play about teenage south London girls. The best Chopin interpreter in the world? It is what some critics are saying about the German-Japanese pianist Alice Sara Ott. We hear her in action. 

Also, how Jihadis in Yemen are turning ancient Arabic poetry into propaganda. Designer Hussein Chalayan on his piece Gravity Fatigue, where fashion meets dance. And, Indian jazz and soul singer Asha Puthli talks about her role in the early days of disco. 

(Photo: JK Rowling (c) Danny E. Martindale/Getty, Hussein Chalayan (c) Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty, Asha Puthli (c) Frazer Harrison/Getty)

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