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Waiting For Godot
A celebration of Samuel Beckett’s revolutionary play, 50 years after it was first performe

Youssou N’Dour interview
The Senegalese musician talks about the power of lyrics

Eric Hobsbawm interview
The Marxist historian talks about his life and key events of the 20th century

Picasso: Les Mademoiselles d'Avignon
The story behind Picasso’s disturbing, defiant masterpiece

Nigerian teenagers’ favourite novels
How the sex lives of young Nigerians are influenced by the novels they’ve read. Also on th

World Book Club: Arundhati Roy
The Indian author answers your questions about her book The God of Small Things

Electronic music pioneers
The enormous impact of the early electronic music pioneers on the music of today

Writing and Prison
The Nigerian author Helon Habila talks about his novel Waiting for an Angel

Andy Warhol's Marilyn paintings
What Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe paintings say about the US pop artist

Soul Music: Abide With Me
Why the hymn has so much significance to so many people