Meridian Episodes Available now
PD James interview
The British author talks about why she writes detective fiction
Tracey Emin's My Bed
The art critic Adrian Searle talks about the vandalisation of the British artist's work
Annie Leibovitz's Women
The American photographer's collection of female subjects reviewed
Jay Griffiths on her essays about time
The British journalist Jay Griffiths talks about her book Pip Pip: A Sideways Look at Time
Simon Schama on Rembrandt
The historian Simon Schama talks about why Rembrandt continues to exert such a hold on us
Frank McCourt interview
The Irish-American author of Angela's Ashes talks about its sequel 'Tis
The Elgin Marbles
Whether the Greek sculptures should be returned to Greece.
Francis Wheen on Karl Marx
The British journalist talks about his book about the founder of international communism
Edward Said interview
The literary theorist and Palestinian activist talks about his memoirs Out of Place
The Japanese movie Cursed: The Financially Corrupt Islands
How a film about a banking panic proved a big hit in Japan
