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Paul Robeson
The life and work of Paul Robeson
Dangerous Minds
A review of the film Dangerous Minds
Joseph Brodsky and Harold Brodkey tributes
Tribute to the Russian poet Joseph Brodsky
Les Miserables
A review of the film Les Miserables, directed by Claude Lelouch
Matthew Hart
British choreographer Matthew Hart
Spike Lee's Clockers
A review of film maker Spike Lee's latest movie Clockers
Cezanne - 20th Century Idol
Programme about Cezanne, and his influence
Berlin Film Festival
A report on the 46th International Film Festival in Berlin
Athol Fugard
Interview with playwright Athol Fugard
The Misanthrope
Moliere's play The Misanthrope at the Young Vic in London
Joseph Brodsky
A look at the life and work of the Russian poet Joseph Brodsky
David Lan
The playwright and social anthropolgist David Lan talks about his new play
Woody Allen on tour
Fame and downfall, desert island, culture and clapping
PG Wodehouse
A documentary on the writer PG Wodehouse
The Soldier's Song
A play which explores the troubles in Northern Ireland
Samuel Taylor Coleridge in a new Light
Richard Holmes shines a new light on the Romantic English poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Isabelle Huppert as Mary Stuart on stage
French film star Isabelle Huppert and English actress Anna Massey talk about their roles
Judith Weir 鈥� 'a composer of endless surprises'
Interview with Judith Weir 鈥� "a composer of endless surprises"
Goya 鈥� Painting beyond Rules
What made Francisco Goya the greatest Spanish painter and printmaker of his period?
Mahesh Dattani brings his 'Queen' to England
Indian playright Mahesh Dattani talks about his first play to be performed in England
The Globe Theatre Special
The new Globe theatre 鈥� built to an Elizabethan design 鈥� is almost ready to open in London
Steven Berkoff 鈥� My Life
Interview with Steven Berkoff, controversial British actor, writer and director
The Divine Right of Kings in a modern World
Divine Right is a new play about the future of the British Royal Family
Ben Okri's Dangerous Love
Ben Okri talks about why he set his new book, Dangerous Love, in 1970s Lagos
Martin Sherman 鈥� Some Sunny Day
Martin Sherman talks about his new play, Some Sunny Day, and why it's set in Cairo in 1942
Spellbound by the silver Screen
What happens when artists are Spellbound 鈥� an exhibition marking 100 years of cinema
Shakespeare 鈥� How do we like ours?
Can the Royal Shakespeare Company be trusted with the Bard?
Taking it slowly, with Milan Kundera
Critics are divided over Milan Kundera's novel Slowness, his first book written in French
William Morris 鈥� Artist as Activist
Life and legacy of William Morris, English designer, writer and social activist
Putting History on the Stage
How do you put history on to the modern stage?
John Updike 鈥� In the Beauty of the Lilies
Kay Redfield Jameson on her new book about mental illness, a tribute to Israeli writer, Emile Habibi, Seamus Heaney, we'll be finding out how to get a book published, John Updike's new novel In the Beauty of the Lilies.
