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Philip Dodd talks to novelist Julian Barnes about his new book Nothing to be Frightened Of, a personal memoir and contemplation on religious belief, family life and the lessons to be learnt from the past.

Actress Fiona Shaw reviews the new National Theatre production of George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara, while film critic Nigel Floyd reveals his enthusiasm for the work of Lenny Abrahamson, the young Irish director who made the low-budget comedy Adam and Paul.

And to coincide with the revival at the Donmar of arthur Miller's The Man Who Had All the Luck, Christopher Bigsby and journalist Don Guttenplan consider what luck means to the American creative imagination.