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Twin Town and Anaconda
A look at the new movie Twin Town, the Welsh 'Trainspotting'
Harold Pinter's - The Lover
Harold Pinter's play The Lover is reviewed
Hanif Kureishi - an 'angry middle aged man'
A look at the writer Hanif Kureishi and the film My Beautiful Laundrette
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Why The Diving Bell and the Butterfly has become the most important memoir of the year
Naomi Wolf and Promiscuities
The writer Naomi Wolf and her latest book Promiscuities
Bertolt Brecht and Andy de la Tour
A look at plays by Bertolt Brecht and Andy de la Tour
Spanish Civil War - the story behind Guernica
A programme about the destruction of the Spanish Basque town, Guernica,
The Cannes Film Festival 1997
A special programme which takes an in depth look at The Cannes Film Festival
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
The winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Titanic the musical
A review of Titanic the musical
Sir Richard Eyre
A special programme which takes an in depth look at Sir Richard Eyre
Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon breaks seven years of silence with a vast historical novel
The Things We Do for Love
Alan Ayckborn's new play The Things We do for Love
The 13th Annual Birmingham Readers and Writers Festival.
A special programme which comes live from Birmingham
Beauty and The Beast
We look at Disney fairytale Beauty and the Beast transformed from screen to stage
The Cannes Film Festival - part 2
Second in a two-part series on the Cannes Film Festival
Edmund White's The Farewell Symphony
A review of Edmund White's The Farewell Symphony
George Bernard Shaw
Why George Bernard Shaw is the subject of an annual Shaw festival in Canada
Index on Censorship - 25th anniversary
A look at the widely respected human rights magazine Index on Censorship
Evita Bezuidenhout
The South African politician Evita Bezuidenhout and Peter-Dirk Uys
Looking for William Bligh
The story of Captain William Bligh and his descendants on Pitcairn Island
Writers that push buttons
A programme which takes a look at writers with the art of creating controversy
The Tony Awards
Patrick Marber's new play Closer and the annual Tony Awards in New York
Harlem Renaissance
A special programme which takes an in depth look at Harlem
The Globe Theatre re opens
The revival of the Globe Theatre
Arundhati Roy
Author special
Venice Biennale
A report from contemporary art exhibition Venice Biennale
The Rhone-Poulenc Prize for science books.
An in depth look at the announcement of the Rhone-Poulenc Prize for science books
Frank Sinatra - in private
Donald Clarke talks about his biography of Frank Sinatra
Thierry Noir
Thierry Noir attempts to recoup some financial reward for his life enhancing murals
Men in Black
Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and why it is so important