Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world
World Service,·2413 episodes
The German parliament has approved the building of a Holocaust memorial in Berlin
29 Jun 1999,·28 mins
The Venice Biennale opens with Bhuddist drumming, video wanderings and white mist…
24 Jun 1999,·28 mins
South Korean film-makers protest at American pressure to phase out the quota system
22 Jun 1999,·28 mins
Life and work of writer Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man about black American life
16 Jun 1999,·28 mins
Amos Oz talks about his intriguing new book of literary criticism, The Story Begins
15 Jun 1999,·28 mins
Hannibal is the third in by Thomas Harris's series about the cannibal psychopath
Why Russian literature is in a state of flux – and how reading habits have changed
08 Jun 1999,·28 mins
Anthony Hopkins and Cuba Gooding Jr star in John Turteltaub's new film, Instinct
03 Jun 1999,·28 mins
Celebrating the bicentenary of Alexander Pushkin, romantic Russian poet and novelist
01 Jun 1999,·28 mins
Sir Edmund Hillary on how you follow the conquest of Mt Everest?
Charlotte Nilsson wins the Eurovision song contest for Sweden
New biography of Nelson Mandela by Anthony Sampson
25 May 1999,·28 mins
Exploring the history and popularity of comics, focusing on Batman and Superman
Salman Rushdie talks about his new novel, The Ground Beneath Her Feet
20 May 1999,·28 mins
This might be the "best year ever" for Asian films at the Cannes Film Festival
18 May 1999,·28 mins
English author Andrew Miller has won a $150,000 literary prize with his first novel
Life and work of English novelist and travel writer Bruce Chatwin
13 May 1999,·27 mins
The all-female line-up for the prize is reviewed by The Times' Literary Editor Eric Wagner
12 May 1999,·28 mins
Is it as exciting as other, newer, conceptual art forms?
11 May 1999,·28 mins
A profile of the legendary American dancer and actor
07 May 1999,·28 mins
The life of the English writer who wrote a novel almost every six months
04 May 1999,·28 mins
Classic plays dominate the nominations for the American drama awards
What the Japanese are reading in 1999: fairy tales and fantasies - and a lot of manga
27 Apr 1999,·28 mins
Why should writers from such a large cultural range be judged together?
As he celebrates his 70th birthday, the Australian poet talks about his life and work
26 Apr 1999,·28 mins
A celebration of the world-class Russian-American writer
22 Apr 1999,·28 mins
The disinctive music, literature and culture of the Cuban capital
21 Apr 1999,·28 mins
The American writer talks about the central role of weather in her novel Almost Heaven
20 Apr 1999,·28 mins
The remarkable American sisters whose story is told in US TV drama Having our Say
The winners include the play Wit by Margarert Edson and Michael Cunningham's The Hours
13 Apr 1999,·28 mins
