Meridian Episodes Available now
American writer Dava Sobel
The author of Longitude on her book, Gallileo's Daughter about the Italian astonomer
China's avant garde art
Exploring the exciting counter culture of China's contemporary art scene
French play The Man Who Said Non
A review of the play about Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill from 1940 to 1945
Ben Elton interview
The writer and comedian talks about his novel Inconceivable
Edgar Allen Poe
The short and strange life of the American author and creator of the detective story
Harold Evans on The American Century
The English publisher and journalist talks about his history of 20th-century America
The German writer G眉nter Grass
George Steiner on why the German novelist so deserved the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature
The American century: Art and culture 1950-2000
The Royal Opera House opens after renovations; Nick Hughes' Rwanda set film '100 Days'; 'Sensation' exhibition of British art in New York; Tim Winton's Australian play, based on the novel 'Cloudstreet'.
Rose Tremain
The English novelist talks about her book Music and Silence
Jim Crace interview
The English author talks about his novel Being Dead
