Unusual instruments and a review of the Bond movie For Your Eyes Only
The measures taken to make James Bond appeal to younger viewers
Sounds of early instruments, plus an interview with JP Donleavy
Midnight's Children wins the Booker Prize and its author Salman Rushdie is interviewed
The world's first public museum, built in 17th Century Oxford
Science poetry not science fiction is one critic's description of JG Ballard's new novel
A new version of Aladdin, John Inman's Mother Goose, and Captain Beaky by Jeremy Lloyd
Fascinating portrait of Saddam Hussein, who wanted Iraq to be seen as a model by the West
A report on France-Africa relations
Peter Ustinov talks about Hercule Poirot and Overheard, his play about a diplomatic affair
