Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world
World Service,·2413 episodes
The American poet talks about his new collection A Far Rockaway Of The Heart
19 May 1998,·28 mins
The British author talks about his latest Discworld novel, The Last Continent
12 May 1998,·28 mins
The director talks about his new production of an ancient Chinese play The Peony Pavilion
The British author who was one of the best known - and controversial - authors of his time
08 May 1998,·28 mins
Why are readers so hungry for memoirs? Jim Crace and Blake Morrison discuss
05 May 1998,·28 mins
The theft of a Camille Corot painting from the Louvre in Paris
Feature on English novelist Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge
29 Apr 1998,·28 mins
The death of Akira Kurosawa, writer of the film Seven Samurai
28 Apr 1998,·29 mins
A review of Colleen McCullough's novel The Song Of Troy
28 Apr 1998,·28 mins
Deirdre Jansen-Smith reviews Linda Lear's biography of Rachel Carson
22 Apr 1998,·28 mins
David Caute talks about Fatima's Scarf and Salman Rushdie
14 Apr 1998,·28 mins
The winner of the Pulitzer prize has been announced
Various contributors offer an insight into the mystique surrounding the writing of Ireland
13 Apr 1998,·28 mins
The work of Joseph Heller
11 Apr 1998,·28 mins
A review of the film Broadcast News
08 Apr 1998,·29 mins
American studio Dreamworks' latest film Prince of Egypt
07 Apr 1998,·29 mins
A review of Nick Hornby's book About a Boy
07 Apr 1998,·28 mins
Can theatre help overcome problems the poorest countries in the world
01 Apr 1998,·28 mins
New York theatre goers are watching Quentin Tarantino on stage in Wait Until Dark
31 Mar 1998,·28 mins
Review of John Grisham's novel The Street Lawyer
A review of a new production of the Accidental Death of an Anarchist
24 Mar 1998,·30 mins
Review of Ruth Rendell's The Chimney-sweeper's Boy
24 Mar 1998,·28 mins
Choreographer Bill T. Jones and his Arnie Zane dance company
20 Mar 1998,·28 mins
Michael Goldfarb reviews Joseph Heller's memoir Now And Then
17 Mar 1998,·28 mins
Review of the political satire Primary Colors
A look at the loss of cultural treasures from Mali, Africa
10 Mar 1998,·28 mins
A review of Matthew Carr's latest novel My Father's House
The story of Sachsenhausen, the first Nazi concentration camp
07 Mar 1998,·28 mins
Michael Rosen reviews Garrison Keillor's latest novel
03 Mar 1998,·28 mins
The 20th International Festival of the Arts in Adelaide, Australia
