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Berlin film festival
A review of the Berlin film festival, in its opening week
Are we what they say we are? Book special
Today's books explores the saying 'we are what other people we say we are'
New Zealand arts festival
A report from New Zealand on the international arts festival
Arts in Australia
Australian writers, poets and musicians talk about their nation's cultural heritage
International Festival of the Arts
The 20th International Festival of the Arts in Adelaide, Australia
Garrison Keillor
Michael Rosen reviews Garrison Keillor's latest novel
Beyond the Visible
The story of Sachsenhausen, the first Nazi concentration camp
Dan Jacobson
A review of Matthew Carr's latest novel My Father's House
Mali's lost treasures
A look at the loss of cultural treasures from Mali, Africa
Primary Colors
Review of the political satire Primary Colors
Joseph Heller's memoir
Michael Goldfarb reviews Joseph Heller's memoir Now And Then
Bill T. Jones and the Arnie Zane dance company
Choreographer Bill T. Jones and his Arnie Zane dance company
Ruth Rendell - The Chimney-sweeper's Boy
Review of Ruth Rendell's The Chimney-sweeper's Boy
The Accidental Death of an Anarchist
A review of a new production of the Accidental Death of an Anarchist
The Street Lawyer - John Grisham
Review of John Grisham's novel The Street Lawyer
Tarantino takes to the New York stage
New York theatre goers are watching Quentin Tarantino on stage in Wait Until Dark
Burkina Faso Theatre Festival
Can theatre help overcome problems the poorest countries in the world
Nick Hornby's About a Boy
A review of Nick Hornby's book About a Boy
The Prince of Egypt
American studio Dreamworks' latest film Prince of Egypt
Broadcast News
A review of the film Broadcast News
Joseph Heller
The work of Joseph Heller
Magical Ireland
Various contributors offer an insight into the mystique surrounding the writing of Ireland
Fatima's Scarf
David Caute talks about Fatima's Scarf and Salman Rushdie
The Pulitzer prize
The winner of the Pulitzer prize has been announced
Rachel Carson
Deirdre Jansen-Smith reviews Linda Lear's biography of Rachel Carson
Akira Kurosawa
The death of Akira Kurosawa, writer of the film Seven Samurai
Colleen McCullough
A review of Colleen McCullough's novel The Song Of Troy
Dame Beryl Bainbridge
Feature on English novelist Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge
The Story of O
The theft of a Camille Corot painting from the Louvre in Paris
The popularity of memoirs
Why are readers so hungry for memoirs? Jim Crace and Blake Morrison discuss
The life of Thomas Hardy
The British author who was one of the best known - and controversial - authors of his time