Meridian Episodes Episode guide
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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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Doris Lessing 鈥� On Siblings and Stories
Doris Lessing talks about her latest novel, and about the experiences that fed into it
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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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Disruptive Forces at work in Society
Sex and technology are the forces propelling The Great Disruption by Francis Fukuyama
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Welcome to the Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale opens with Bhuddist drumming, video wanderings and white mist鈥�
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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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Ralph Ellison, Visible Man
Life and work of writer Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man about black American life
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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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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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What are Russians reading now?
Why Russian literature is in a state of flux 鈥� and how reading habits have changed
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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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Celebrating Alexander Pushkin's 200th Birthday
Celebrating the bicentenary of Alexander Pushkin, romantic Russian poet and novelist
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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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Sweden wins the Eurovision Song Contest 鈥� again
Charlotte Nilsson wins the Eurovision song contest for Sweden
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Nelson Mandela 鈥� a new Biography
New biography of Nelson Mandela by Anthony Sampson
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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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Salman Rushdie 鈥� Shaking up Myth and Time
Salman Rushdie talks about his new novel, The Ground Beneath Her Feet
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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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A First Novel takes top Literary Prize
English author Andrew Miller has won a $150,000 literary prize with his first novel
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Remembering Bruce Chatwin
Life and work of English novelist and travel writer Bruce Chatwin
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The Orange Prize for Fiction
The all-female line-up for the prize is reviewed by The Times' Literary Editor Eric Wagner
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Contemporary painting
Is it as exciting as other, newer, conceptual art forms?
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Fred Astaire
A profile of the legendary American dancer and actor
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Tony Awards
Classic plays dominate the nominations for the American drama awards
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Catherine Cookson
The life of the English writer who wrote a novel almost every six months
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Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Why should writers from such a large cultural range be judged together?
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Tokyo Book Fair
What the Japanese are reading in 1999: fairy tales and fantasies - and a lot of manga
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Peter Porter interview
As he celebrates his 70th birthday, the Australian poet talks about his life and work
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Vladimir Nabokov
A celebration of the world-class Russian-American writer
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Havana, Cuba
The disinctive music, literature and culture of the Cuban capital
