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The Colour Purple
A review of the making of The Colour Purple, adapted from the novel by Alice Walker
Tom Wolfe - A Man in Full
Review of new novel A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe
Censorship in music
Music banning debate at the first international conference on music and censorship
C.S Lewis - centenary
A celebration of 100 years since the death of C.S Lewis
The War of the Worlds
Feature on The War Of The Worlds by H. G Wells
Antoni Gaudi
Documentary on Antoni Gaudi a Spanish Catalan architect, one of the most noted in Spain
Rudolf Nureyev biography
First full length biography on ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev is published
Japanese film in Korea
A Japanese movie showing in Korean theatres for the first time
Chris Ofili - winner of the Turner Prize
This year's Turner Prize winner is announced
Lillibullero
A special feature on the music Lilliburllero', a 17th-century English political song
Nicole Kidman in The Blue Room
Nicole Kidman makes her Broadway debut in The Blue Room
Alice Monro - The Love of a Good Woman
A review of Alice Monro's The Love of a Good Woman
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Interview with screenwriter and author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Review of the year - 1998
A look back at the arts that provided the backdrop to the 12 months that was 1998
Golden Globe nominations
Hollywood's Golden Globe film nominations are announced
Alvin Ailey
A documentary on the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Jane Smiley - Pulitzer prize winner
A feature-length programme on the novelist Jane Smiley
The London Book Fair
A report from the annual international fair attended by 45 countries
How do art thieves get away with it?
How are thieves able to sell on famous paintings?
John Updike's novel Bech at Bay
The author and critic Stephen Amidon talks about the American writer's work
European Capital of Culture 1999: Weimar, Germany
Gabriele Gerecke talks about why the German city has been chosen
Northern Irish novelist Brian Moore
Professor Bob Welsh from the Univeristy of Ulster talks about the Irish author
Indian International Film Festival
Film critic Lalit Joshi reports from the wide-ranging festival in Hyderabad
Samuel Shem's Mount Misery
A psychiatrist and a writer reviews the American writer and psychiatrist's novel
Berlin's Holocaust Memorial
The architect Peter Eisenman talks about a new plan for the memorial
International Film Festival of India
How Hydrabad played host to the festival which featured a film market for the first time
FW de Klerk's autobiography
A review of the last white President of South Africa's memoir
Sundance Film Festival
Film critic Ken Turan reports from the independent film festival in Utah
Rhapsody in Blue
The story of how George Gershwin wrote his most famous work
Calcutta Book Fair
The literary critic Surendranath Dasgupta reports from one of the annual literary event
