The Late Edition
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We discuss the day’s top news with Robert Fox and Matthew Jamison, speak with our correspondent in Bamako Alex Duval Smith, and review this week’s film releases with critic Anna Smith.
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Daniella Peled and Dr James D Boys discuss the biggest news of the day, we also hear why the Swedish music industry has been such a success story, and get the week’s best book recommendations.
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George Brock from London City University and Nina Schick from the Open Europe think tank go through the day’s biggest news stories. We also look at the rich contribution Italy has made to the world of fashion and review the most interesting shows from the world’s television screens with Peter…
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We discuss the biggest news stories of the day with journalists Samira Shackle and Jeffrey Kofman. We also hear the reasons behind the boom in religious films and Nick Luscombe introduces us to some new summery tracks.
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James Schneider, editor of Think Africa Press, and Xenia Dormandy of Chatham House discuss the day’s news with Steve Bloomfield. We also speak to German author Timur Vermes about his new book, ‘Look Who’s Back’, and Rachel Campbell-Johnston reviews the week’s art exhibitions.
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We discuss today’s top news with Ivor Gaber and Matthew Jamison, review the latest cinema releases – including Oscar-winner ‘20 Feet From Stardom’ – and welcome Ingrid Beazley to talk about her new book: ‘Street Art Fine Art’.
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We go through the day’s biggest news stories with Alessio Patalano and Kathleen Burk, speak to Finnish director Petri Luukkainen about his film ‘My Stuff’ and review the most talked-about French books with Charlotte Pudlowski from Slate France.
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John Everard and Brett Mason discuss what kind of challenge the search of MH370 presents for Australia. We also tune in for the best shows on Canadian TV and hear why Portugal is debating what to do with a collection of paintings by Joan Miró.
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Samira Shackle and Daniella Peled discuss the day’s top stories, we check in with our man in Belgrade, Anna Winston of online magazine Dezeen profiles the winner of the Pritzker architecture prize and we review the latest music releases with DJ Severino Panzetta of Horse Meat Disco.
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We ponder the questions that arise after Malaysia’s confirmation that flight MH370 crashed in the southern Indian ocean. Robert Fox and James Schneider discuss the other big stories of the day, from Russia to Egypt, and neuroscientist Scott Weems explains what we laugh about and why – the very serious…
