Meridian Episodes Available now
Caryl Phillips and his new World Order
Caryl Phillips talks about his new book abouy the fluidity of contemporary identity
Greek Gifts 鈥� Lots of English words
How the ancient Greeks still influence our lives today. This week, lots of English words
Samuel Pepys 鈥� the Great Diarist
Claire Tomalin talks about her biography of the great diarist Samuel Pepys
Greek Gifts 鈥� Oedipus Tyrannus
How the ancient Greeks still influence our lives. This week, Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles
Taking slam Poetry to South Africa
New York Slam poets receive an enthusiastic welcome in Johannesburg
Greek Gifts 鈥� the White House
How the ancient Greeks still influence our lives today. This week, political thinking
Peter Carey wins the 2001 Booker Prize
Report from the Booker Prize awards ceremony in London
Jon Vickers' 75th Birthday
Profile of operatic tenor Jon Vickers at 75, whose first performances were for prisoners
V.S. Naipaul 鈥� Narrator of the post-colonial World
The Nobel Prize for literature has been awarded to V.S. Naipaul
The Silk Road Project 鈥� a musical Exchange
The Silk Road Project is a cultural exchange involving traditional and contemporary musics
