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Weekend Edition 9 June 2012

Pascale Harter with insights from journalists around the world. Our menu: human tragedies in Pakistan and DR Congo; poetry in Istanbul; Shakespeare's London; Viennese grumbles and Italian mussels.

Insight, wit and analysis from 成人快手 correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world. Presented by Pascale Harter. In today's programme:

As Pakistan's next monsoon season draws near, Aleem Maqbool finds farmers in Sindh still suffering from last year's flooding;

Gabriel Gatehouse reflects on how man and nature seem to conspire to make life ever more dangerous in eastern DR Congo;

Fergal Keane listens to the poetry of Syrian exiles in Istanbul;

Bethany Bell explains why it's almost rude NOT to grumble in the Vienna;

Vincent Dowd hunts for the traces of Shakespeare's era still to be seen on the streets of London;

and Dany Mitzman samples the famed wild mussels of Portonovo in Italy - but can't taste a thing.

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25 minutes

Last on

Sun 10 Jun 2012 19:05GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 9 Jun 2012 08:05GMT
  • Sun 10 Jun 2012 03:05GMT
  • Sun 10 Jun 2012 13:05GMT
  • Sun 10 Jun 2012 19:05GMT