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Ending South Africa's cultural boycott
Report on a conference to review the cultural boycott of South Africa
World book special - Namibia, Nigeria and Mexico
Review of a novel about Namibia and the 1989 elections
Franco Zeffirelli's Hamlet
A tribute to the work of David Lean
David Lean obituary
A special obituary programme exploring the life and work of film director David Lean
Timothy Mo's - The Redundancy of Courage
A review of the new Timothy Mo novel, The Redundancy of Courage
Will We Always Have Paris?
Report on Paris' role in the world art scene
Yehudi Menuhin
An in-depth look at the American-born British violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin
Was God a Woman?
The Book of J, a new translation of biblical texts by Harold Bloom
talking with Lindsay Kemp
A special programme on the iconic British dancer, actor, and choreographer, Lindsay Kemp
Peruvian writer Mario Vargas
In Praise of the Stepmother, an erotic novel by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas
The Well of Ignorance
Tomio Tada on his controversial new Noh drama, The Well of Ignorance
The making of an Indian epic
Special dedicated to the TV adaptation of the ancient 500 page Hindi poem the Mahabharata
Gillian Weir and the art of organ playing
From JS Bach to Olivier Messiaen, with acclaimed concert organist Gillian Weir
Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations
Historian Simon Schama talks about his novel Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations
talking with Harrison Birtwistle
Exploring the life and work of British contemporary composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle
artistic freedom in Chile
Talking artistic freedom with Chilean painters following the end of the Pinochet regime
Italian Journeys
Jonathan Keates on his Italian Journeys and Maggie Gee on her novel Where Are the Snows?
Misery is here
Review of Misery, the film based on Stephen King's psychological horror novel
Prague International Book Fair
Report from Prague on the first book fair since the collapse of communism
Guilty by Suspicion and the Hollywood witch-hunt
Director Irwin Winkler and blacklisted actor Sam Wanamaker on Guilty by Suspicion
Juan Martin and Dr N Rajam
A Spanish and an Indian musician liberate their stringed instruments
Remembering Stan Getz
Remembering the tenor saxophonist and his bossa nova classic Girl From Ipanema
London International Festival of Theatre special
Exploring the sixth festival with its founding directors, Lucy Neal and Rose Fenton
Walker Art Center
A visit to one of Middle America's most innovative cultural institutions
Remembering Dame Peggy
Remembering actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft with Sir John Gielgud
new films in Singapore
New films on show as Singapore relaxes its censorship laws
Kettle's Yard
Special on Kettle's Yard in Cambridge and its distinctive collection of 20th Century art
Tosca in Earl's Court
Impresario Harvey Goldsmith's arena production of Verdi's Tosca
Max Ernst: Artist of the Unconscious
Profile of German-born surrealist painter, sculptor and printmaker Max Ernst
Dublin's new wave
Exploring the city and its new wave of young writers, artists, and musicians
