Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world
World Service,·2413 episodes
How writers have conveyed the injustices and truths of the lives of slaves in America
02 Aug 2000,·23 mins
Why is the work of contentious philiosopher Friedrich Nietzsche still relevant?
02 Aug 2000,·24 mins
Amitav Ghosh talks about his latest novel, The Glass Palace, a 20th-century family saga
Interview with author Martin Amis about why he felt he need to write his memoir Experience
27 Jul 2000,·23 mins
Exploring the process of writing radio plays
24 Jul 2000,·24 mins
David Hare talks about his career, from politically-driven protester to feted playwright
20 Jul 2000,·23 mins
Three of the new generation of novelists discuss their work
18 Jul 2000,·23 mins
Royal succession was a real concern for the first audiences of Shakespeare's Henry IV
15 Jul 2000,·23 mins
Could beauty make a come-back in contemporary art?
14 Jul 2000,·23 mins
Martin Amis and Lisa Appignanesi explore the process of memoir writing
13 Jul 2000,·23 mins
Life and work of Guy de Maupassant, the 19th-century French writer
When was the Western idea of beauty overturned – and why don't we believe in it anymore?
07 Jul 2000,·24 mins
Pierre Rosenberg, president-director of the Louvre, takes listeners on a guided tour
05 Jul 2000,·23 mins
What is beauty and whay do we crave it? What is the relationship between art and beauty?
30 Jun 2000,·23 mins
A guided tour of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam with its director Rudi Fuchs
28 Jun 2000,·23 mins
Our need for narrative is as important as food, shelter and sex, says Connie May Fowler
28 Jun 2000,·24 mins
Philippe de Montebello takes listeners on a guided tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
21 Jun 2000,·23 mins
"Human beings always escape their biographers," says novelist A.S.Byatt in this interview
The director of Castello di Rivoli takes listeners on a guided tour
16 Jun 2000,·25 mins
Debate around exhibiting photographs of lynchings of African-Americans by white mobs
16 Jun 2000,·23 mins,·
A visit to the National Gallery of Scotland to discuss the building and its collections
07 Jun 2000,·24 mins
Tribute to the life and work of Sir John Gielgud, the great English actor, who has died
05 Jun 2000,·24 mins
Will we ever be able to trust a news photograph again?
31 May 2000,·23 mins
Sarah Paretsky identifies the "four Vs" of female characters in 1930s detective fiction
27 May 2000,·23 mins
The most famous detective ever is a fictional character – Sherlock Holmes
15 May 2000,·23 mins
Michael Ondaatje talks about how, as a novelist, he writes history
12 May 2000,·23 mins
Interview with Errol Morris, the independent non-fiction filmmaker
12 May 2000,·24 mins
Ian Rankin, creator of Rebus, on the appeal and tradecraft of detective fiction
06 May 2000,·23 mins
Interview with American film director Oliver Stone
04 May 2000,·24 mins
Profile of the English poet, playwright, satirist, translator and critic John Dryden
02 May 2000,·24 mins
