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Michael Holroyd interview

The celebrated British biographer talks about the craft of biography and its origins

• 24 mins

Joseph Conrad鈥檚 Heart of Darkness

How Joseph Conrad鈥檚 masterpiece was a response to real events in the Congo of the 1880s

• 24 mins

Van Gogh鈥檚 Sunflowers

What makes Vincent Van Gogh鈥檚 much-loved still life a masterpiece?

• 23 mins

David Grossman interview

The Israeli author talks about his unsettling novel Be My Knife

• 24 mins

Anthony Rooley and Emma Kirkby interview

The lutenist and soprano talk about their hugely successful musical partnership

• 26 mins

Anne Sofie von Otter performing Cecile Chaminade

A review of Anne Sofie von Otter performing Cecile Chaminade鈥檚 songs

• 24 mins

Langston Hughes

A profile of the African American poet and the leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance

• 24 mins

A History of the N-word

A programme devoted to one word: nigger. Author Randall Kennedy on his history of the word

• 24 mins

Cinema City 鈥� London

How the darker side of London's history has been used in films about crime

• 24 mins

Cinema City 鈥� New York

How New York is represented in the movies of Woody Allen and earlier classics

• 24 mins

Cinema City 鈥� Los Angeles

How Los Angeles 鈥� home of Hollywood and dreams 鈥� is depicted in the movies

• 24 mins

Cinema City 鈥� Paris

How Paris 鈥� birthplace of cinema a century ago 鈥撎齢as itself appeared in films ever since

• 24 mins

'One breath away from death': growing up in Zimbabwe

Alexandra Fuller talks about her book, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

• 23 mins

Putting Time into Art: interview with Bill Viola

American video artist Bill Viola talks about working with the dimension of time

• 24 mins

Cinema City 鈥� Bombay

Bombay's position at the centre of India's film industry and how the city is portrayed

• 24 mins

Judges announce World Service Poetry Competition Winners

Results of the World Service Poetry Competition, interviews with the winners and judges

• 23 mins

Richard Watkins, French Horn virtuoso

Interview with Richard Watkins, one of the leading horn players of his generation

• 23 mins

Celebrating World Service Poetry Competition Winners

Celebration of the winners of the World Service poetry competition at London's Poetry Caf茅

• 24 mins

Wes Anderson's dysfunctional 'Royal' family

Fabulously dysfunctional family life in Wes Anderson's new film, The Royal Tenenbaums

• 24 mins

Mata Hari 鈥� her Life and Legend

Greta Scacchi stars as Mata Hari, femme fatale and World War One spy, on stage in London

• 24 mins

On the record 鈥� 80 years of Gramophone magazine

Celebrating 80 years of the record industry and of Gramophone Magazine

• 28 mins

Tom Paulin's poetic new War History

Tom Paulin's new poetry book The Invasion Handbook about World War Two.

• 24 mins

Chadha's perfect Pitch 鈥� Football and Marriage

Bend It Like Beckham tells the story of a British Sikh girl's footballing ambition

• 24 mins

Rostropovich 鈥� a Life in Music

Mstislav Rostropovich, combining ancient Persian literature, Iranian folk music & western classical music. Presenter: unknown.

• 28 mins

Claudia Roden on Food and Cultural Identity

The dishes of childhood remain part of every exile's identity, explains Claudia Roden

• 24 mins

Memory Palace of Alexandria

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a major new library and cultural centre in Egypt

• 24 mins

Alexandria, the city as Literary Muse

How the Egyptian port of Alexandria has been a muse for great writers from many countries

• 24 mins

Cuba's private Libraries open to All

Cuba's book shortage has led to individuals opening up their own collections as libraries

• 23 mins

Backstage with director Peter Hall

Influential British theatre director Peter Hall interviewed on the opening of The Bacchae

• 22 mins

Dangerous memories at Heaven's Edge

To remember or forget? 鈥� that's the question at the heart of Romesh Gunesekera's new novel

• 23 mins