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Swan Lake
Discussing the history of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake
Daughter of Shanghai
Daughter of Shanghai, the memoirs of Tsai Chin
The Runner
A review of the Iranian film The Runner
Mrs Klein
A review of the play Mrs Klein by Nicholas Wright
John Carpenter
Interview with American film director, John Howard Carpenter
The Edinburgh Festival
The variety of talent on show at Edinburgh's fringe theatre
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, a controversial new film written by Hanif Kureishi
The 42nd Edinburgh Film Festival
A review of the 42nd Edinburgh Film Festival
The South Bank Festival
The South Bank Festival of music in London
Napoleon - life and family
A new study of Napoleon Bonaparte and his parents
Naya Theatre
An interview with the Indian theatre company Naya's founder Habib Tanvir
Children of the Arbat
A review of Children of the Arbat by Anatoly Rybakov
Edinburgh Festival
The latest offerings from the Edinburgh Festival
Nixon in China at the Edinburgh festival
Festival 'fatigue' at the 42nd Edinburgh Festival
The Last Temptation of Christ at the Venice Film Festival
A review of the annual film festival in Venice
Museum of The Moving Image
From the National Film Theatre and the newly opened Museum of The Moving Image
T. E. Lawrence
Examining the life and work of Colonel T.E. Lawrence
George Bernard Shaw - The Search for Love
The official biography of George Bernard Shaw by Michael Holroyd
Our Country's Good
Our Country's Good, review of a play by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Thomas Gainsborough
Celebrating the life and work of Thomas Gainsborough
Bela Bartok
The life and work of Hungarian composer Béla Viktor János Bartók
Sir Frederick Ashton
A look at the life and work of one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th Century
Kingsley Amis - Difficulties with Girls
A review of Kingley Amis's Difficulties with Girls
The Secret Rapture
Review of David Hare's latest play The Secret Rapture
Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded
The Plantagenets
Watching actors of the RSC through their paces in rehearsals
Antonia Fraser's Warrior Queens
A gallery of The Warrior Queens in Antonia Fraser's latest book
The Booker Prize
Peter Carey, wins this year's Booker Prize
Does poetry make things happen?
Seamus Heaney and Les Murray discuss the impact of poetry
David Hockney at Tate Gallery
A David Hockney retrospective at the Tate Gallery
Michael Tilson Thomas
A look at the work of the musician of Michael Tilson Thomas