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Remembering Bruce Chatwin

Life and work of English novelist and travel writer Bruce Chatwin

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A First Novel takes top Literary Prize

English author Andrew Miller has won a $150,000 literary prize with his first novel

• 28 mins

Applause for Asian films at Cannes Festival

This might be the "best year ever" for Asian films at the Cannes Film Festival

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Salman Rushdie – Shaking up Myth and Time

Salman Rushdie talks about his new novel, The Ground Beneath Her Feet

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A History of the Superhero

Exploring the history and popularity of comics, focusing on Batman and Superman

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Nelson Mandela – a new Biography

New biography of Nelson Mandela by Anthony Sampson

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Sweden wins the Eurovision Song Contest – again

Charlotte Nilsson wins the Eurovision song contest for Sweden

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Hillary's View from the Summit

Sir Edmund Hillary on how you follow the conquest of Mt Everest?

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Celebrating Alexander Pushkin's 200th Birthday

Celebrating the bicentenary of Alexander Pushkin, romantic Russian poet and novelist

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Is there enough Chemistry in 'Instinct'?

Anthony Hopkins and Cuba Gooding Jr star in John Turteltaub's new film, Instinct

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What are Russians reading now?

Why Russian literature is in a state of flux – and how reading habits have changed

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Hannibal Lecter is on the loose again

Hannibal is the third in by Thomas Harris's series about the cannibal psychopath

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Amos Oz on the Art of Beginning

Amos Oz talks about his intriguing new book of literary criticism, The Story Begins

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Ralph Ellison, Visible Man

Life and work of writer Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man about black American life

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Protest to protect local Films in South Korea

South Korean film-makers protest at American pressure to phase out the quota system

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Welcome to the Venice Biennale

The Venice Biennale opens with Bhuddist drumming, video wanderings and white mist…

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Disruptive Forces at work in Society

Sex and technology are the forces propelling The Great Disruption by Francis Fukuyama

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Holocaust Memorial planned for Berlin

The German parliament has approved the building of a Holocaust memorial in Berlin

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Doris Lessing – On Siblings and Stories

Doris Lessing talks about her latest novel, and about the experiences that fed into it

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Exit Mario Puzo, Mafia novel don

Tribute to Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather, who has died aged 78

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Her Phantom Husband is a Bestseller

Marie Darrieussecq talks about her second bestseller, My Phantom Husband,

• 29 mins

Barbara Taylor Bradford – More than Romance

Bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford talks about her novel, A Sudden Change of Heart

• 27 mins

Eyes Wide Shut – Kidman and Cruise thrill for Kubrick

At last, what Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise were up to in Stanley Kubrick's last film

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Ernest Hemingway – Centenary

In the centenary year of his birth, the life and work of American writer Ernest Hemingway

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J. M. Coetzee's latest novel of post-Apartheid Life

How Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee addresses sex and politics in post-Apartheid South Africa

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Verdi floats on success at Bregenz Festival

Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera takes place on a fantastical floating stage

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Swimming through Life like a Fish

Ruri Pilgrim's characters swim through life in her novel Fish of the Seto Inland Sea

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Howard Arkley, painter of Australian Suburbia

The suburban visions of Australian painter Howard Arkley, who has died aged 48

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Hitchcock: A Love Affair with Cinema

Meet the master of suspense, British film director Alfred Hitchcock,

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Rita Dove – Poet of her People

American Rita Dove talks about her work, including the poem On the Bus with Rosa Parks

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