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Raymond Chandler
Special on American crime writer Raymond Chandler
Russian film director Sergie Eisenstein
British exhibition devoted to revolutionary Russian film director Sergie Eisenstein
Nigerian poet and novelist Ben Okri
Nigerian poet and novelist Ben Okri talks about his new book Stars of the New Curfew
Spike Lee's School Daze
Jenny Hargreaves talks with US director Spike Lee talks about his film School Daze
Eartha Kitt - interview special
American singer Eartha Kitt - one of the most distinctive voices of the 20th Century
Cannes film festival winners
Cannes film festival winners, plus A Cry in the Dark starring Meryl Streep
Swan Lake
Discussing the history of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake
Daughter of Shanghai
Daughter of Shanghai, the memoirs of Tsai Chin
The Runner
A review of the Iranian film The Runner
Mrs Klein
A review of the play Mrs Klein by Nicholas Wright
John Carpenter
Interview with American film director, John Howard Carpenter
The Edinburgh Festival
The variety of talent on show at Edinburgh's fringe theatre
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, a controversial new film written by Hanif Kureishi
The 42nd Edinburgh Film Festival
A review of the 42nd Edinburgh Film Festival
The South Bank Festival
The South Bank Festival of music in London
Napoleon - life and family
A new study of Napoleon Bonaparte and his parents
Naya Theatre
An interview with the Indian theatre company Naya's founder Habib Tanvir
Children of the Arbat
A review of Children of the Arbat by Anatoly Rybakov
Edinburgh Festival
The latest offerings from the Edinburgh Festival
Nixon in China at the Edinburgh festival
Festival 'fatigue' at the 42nd Edinburgh Festival
The Last Temptation of Christ at the Venice Film Festival
A review of the annual film festival in Venice
Museum of The Moving Image
From the National Film Theatre and the newly opened Museum of The Moving Image
T. E. Lawrence
Examining the life and work of Colonel T.E. Lawrence
George Bernard Shaw - The Search for Love
The official biography of George Bernard Shaw by Michael Holroyd
Our Country's Good
Our Country's Good, review of a play by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Thomas Gainsborough
Celebrating the life and work of Thomas Gainsborough
Bela Bartok
The life and work of Hungarian composer Béla Viktor János Bartók
Sir Frederick Ashton
A look at the life and work of one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th Century
Kingsley Amis - Difficulties with Girls
A review of Kingley Amis's Difficulties with Girls
The Secret Rapture
Review of David Hare's latest play The Secret Rapture
Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded