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Ben Elton interview
The writer and comedian talks about his novel Inconceivable
China's avant garde art
Exploring the exciting counter culture of China's contemporary art scene
The Japanese movie Cursed: The Financially Corrupt Islands
How a film about a banking panic proved a big hit in Japan
American writer Dava Sobel
The author of Longitude on her book, Gallileo's Daughter about the Italian astonomer
Edward Said interview
The literary theorist and Palestinian activist talks about his memoirs Out of Place
Francis Wheen on Karl Marx
The British journalist talks about his book about the founder of international communism
The Elgin Marbles
Whether the Greek sculptures should be returned to Greece.
Frank McCourt interview
The Irish-American author of Angela's Ashes talks about its sequel 'Tis
Simon Schama on Rembrandt
The historian Simon Schama talks about why Rembrandt continues to exert such a hold on us
Jay Griffiths on her essays about time
The British journalist Jay Griffiths talks about her book Pip Pip: A Sideways Look at Time
Annie Leibovitz's Women
The American photographer's collection of female subjects reviewed
Tracey Emin's My Bed
The art critic Adrian Searle talks about the vandalisation of the British artist's work
PD James interview
The British author talks about why she writes detective fiction
Noel Coward profile
The life of the English actor, playwright and composer
Frederick Forsyth interview
The political thriller writer talks about his book, The Phantom of Manhattan
Joan of Arc
Why the French figure has inspired more than 50 films and over 1000 books
Mumbai Film Festival
How the Indian city's uniquely privately-financed festival was founded
The Turner Prize
The winner of the prize is announced: Steve McQueen
Waiting for Love in Commmunist China
Prize-winning novelist Ha Jin talks about writing in English about love and life in China
Utopias in literature
Professor John Carey and AC Grayling discuss the Faber Book of Utopias
The Art Of Fireworks
How fireworks have influenced art and literature
Disney's Fantasia
Critics and fans talk about the movie which has divided audiences since its release
Meridian's highlights of 1999
The year's high points in film, music, dance, literature and architecture
Sam Mendes interview
The director of American Beauty discusses his successful transition from stage to screen
AOL buys Time Warner
How the internet provider's purchase of the entertainment company will change the industry
1900: Art at the Crossroads
An exhibition in London which looks back at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris
Sundance film festival
The critic Kenneth Turan talks about the festival's highlights including Girlfight
George Orwell
A reassessment of one of the great twentieth century writers
Sundance Film Festival winners
Kenneth Turan on the films which shared the big prize at the independent film festival
Zadie Smith interview
The young British novelist talks about her much-hyped debut novel White Teeth
Alan Ayckbourn interview
The British playwright talks about his remarkable career and his play Virtual Reality