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John Steinbeck 鈥� Voice of the Dust Bowl Refugees

The life and works of American author John Steinbeck, born 100 years ago

• 22 mins

Music Review 鈥� Tone Poems by Sibelius

The month's top CDs include Sibelius's Tone Poems recorded by the Lahti Symphony Orchestra

• 28 mins

Maya Angelou on the Power of Words

Interview with American poet, academic and campaigner, Maya Angelou

• 23 mins

Masterpiece 鈥� the Mona Lisa

Why has Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa mystified and intrigued for 500 years?

• 23 mins

Ibn Sina, Philosopher of the Persian Golden Age

The life and achievements of Ibn Sina, the great 11th-century Persian scientist and writer

• 22 mins

Meridian Short Story Competition announced

Meridian launches its own Short Story Competition

• 22 mins

Masterpiece 鈥� The Great Wave

Why The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai still has the power to thrill

• 23 mins

David Hare on turning Politics into a Drama

British playwright and director David Hare talks about screenwriting

• 22 mins

Out Of Many, One Voice

How Jamaican culture threw off the shackles of colonial rule after independence

• 23 mins

Nick McDonnell鈥檚 Twelve

The novelist from New York talks about the book he started writing when he was 17

• 23 mins

Writing about war

War reporter and novelist Jeffrey Lee and an atom bomb survivor turned poet

• 23 mins

Three Wise Men: Moses Maimonides

The Jewish philosopher who was also one of the finest scholars of the Arabic world

• 23 mins

Three Wise Men: Averroes

A profile of the medieval Andalusian scholar

• 23 mins

Stephen King

What makes Stephen King not only the master of horror but much more than that?

• 23 mins

The age of the brand

The concept of 鈥榖randing鈥� has become ubiquitous. But what does it really mean?

• 23 mins

Rick Moody

The American novelist and author of The Ice Storm talks about his memoirs

• 23 mins

Culture in the age of speed

Are books and slow symphonies on their way out in the age of the fast forward button?

• 22 mins

Ethan Hawke interview

The Gattaca and Dead Poets Society actor talks about his second novel Ash Wednesday

• 23 mins

How the West was Shot: Part 1

How the American film genre, the Western, was invented in late 19th-century America

• 23 mins

Barry Unsworth鈥檚 The Songs of the Kings

The author talks about his novel set during the Trojan War

• 23 mins

How the West was Shot: Part 2

How the Italian director Sergio Leone took on the American genre of the western

• 23 mins

Zadie Smith鈥檚 The Autograph Man

The British novelist talks about her second novel

• 23 mins

How the West was Shot: Part 3

How the American westerns of the late 60s and 70s reflected the revolutionary times

• 23 mins

Martin Cruz Smith鈥檚 Tokyo Station

The American thriller writer and author of Gorky Park talks about his novel set in Japan

• 22 mins

How the West was Shot: Part 4

How the treatment of Native Americans in Hollywood westerns shifted in the 1970s

• 23 mins

Ode to Joy

The impact of Ludwig van Beethoven鈥檚 famous 9th Symphony

• 22 mins

Soul Music: Silent Night

An exploration of one of the world鈥檚 most popular Christmas carols

• 23 mins

Soul Music: Amazing Grace

An exploration of John Newton's hymn, which was inspired by a near-death experience at sea

• 23 mins

Iain Sinclair鈥檚 London Orbital

The British writer takes a walk around the perimeter of London

• 23 mins

Censorship In Theatre

Who is that wants to ban plays, and who resists them?

• 23 mins