Meridian Episodes Available now

In the Studio with Paula Rego
An interview with the Portuguese painter Paula Rego – a "supreme artist-storyteller"

Peter Carey on the appeal of Ned Kelly
Peter Carey talks about his book True History of the Kelly Gang

Michael Burleigh: Demystifying the Nazis
Michael Burleigh talks about his prize-winning book, The Third Reich: A New History

Nightwalking with Dr Johnson and Mr Savage
In the footsteps of Samuel Johnson and Richard Savage, with biographer Richard Holmes

Reading modern History's Maps
As History Today magazine turns 50, a look at how history writing has evolved

Voices of contemporary Turkish Fiction
What contemporary Turkish novelists are writing about

Stanley Spencer's Village Visions
The life and work of visionary English painter Stanley Spencer

Sibongile Khumalo's South African life in Song
South African singing star, Sibongile Khumalo, talks about her life and art

Ryszard Kapuściński's African Years
Ryszard Kapuściński on his new book about his half-century reporting from Africa

Primo Levi's Literary Companions
Poet Peter Forbes talks about his English translation of Primo Levi's last book