SINGAPORE

Might Frankies Magic Cash Cow have been an alternative title?The case of Oscar Pistorius is developing into a media circus of a kind that South Africa only experiences very rarely. Our southern Africa correspondent, Aislinn Laing, had to leave home at 6.30am in order to be sure of a place in court for today's hearing in Pretoria.

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I met the festivals director, Sheila Cremaschi, at a pavement café in the Plaza Mayor. "I see the festival as a sprawling democratic forum," she told me, as we sipped from our glasses of velvety Ribera del Duero red wine. "Were not just a literary festival any more either; its all about ideas. Architecture plays a major role this year, as the festival is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Spains trade links with China. Weve got an exhibition featuring 100 contemporary Chinese architectural projects at Santa Cruz La Real, and Wang Shu, who won the Pritzker Prize last year, will be talking to the awards executive director, Martha Thorne."