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Censorship In Theatre
Who is that wants to ban plays, and who resists them?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The continuing impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe鈥檚 anti-slavery novel
Yann Martel
The Life of Pi author talks about winning 2002鈥檚 Man Booker Prize
Anish Kapoor
The sculptor talks about his work for the vast turbine hall at the Tate Modern, London
Wole Soyinka
The Nigerian playwright and poet talks about his poem In the Small Hours
Michael Rosen interview
The poet talks about a collection of poems about the death of his 18-year-old son
Michel Houellebecq interview
The French writer talks about his novel Platform
Soul Music: Abide With Me
Why the hymn has so much significance to so many people
Andy Warhol's Marilyn paintings
What Andy Warhol鈥檚 Marilyn Monroe paintings say about the US pop artist
Writing and Prison
The Nigerian author Helon Habila talks about his novel Waiting for an Angel
Electronic music pioneers
The enormous impact of the early electronic music pioneers on the music of today
World Book Club: Arundhati Roy
The Indian author answers your questions about her book The God of Small Things
Nigerian teenagers鈥 favourite novels
How the sex lives of young Nigerians are influenced by the novels they鈥檝e read. Also on th
Picasso: Les Mademoiselles d'Avignon
The story behind Picasso鈥檚 disturbing, defiant masterpiece
Eric Hobsbawm interview
The Marxist historian talks about his life and key events of the 20th century
Youssou N鈥橠our interview
The Senegalese musician talks about the power of lyrics
Waiting For Godot
A celebration of Samuel Beckett鈥檚 revolutionary play, 50 years after it was first performe
Edvard Munch's The Scream
The story behind one of the most unsettling paintings ever created.
World Book Club: Ben Okri
The Nigerian born writer discusses his novel The Famished Road
Raja Shehadeh interview
The Palestinian lawyer and writer on his memoir, Stranger in the House
The Art of Fireworks
How fireworks have appeared and influenced art across the world
Shimmer Chinodya interview
The Zimbabwean novelist talks about writing for children
Art and the marketplace
A discussion about market forces in two contrasting areas: pop music and fine art
Anthony Julius and Hans Hacker
The British academic and the German-born artist discuss transgressive art
Americanization: Part 1
How mass marketing and production made the American dream universal
Elizabeth Alexander and James G Basker
The African-American poet and academic discuss an anthology of poems about slavery
Americanization: Part 2
How American architecture and food has worked its way into global culture
Ghandi鈥檚 The Story of my Experiments with Truth
The Indian writer and publisher Urvashi Butalia talks about Mahatma Ghandi鈥檚 autobiography
Americanization: Part 4
How France embraces and resists American culture
麻豆社 World Service Short Story Competition
The judges announce the winning writers from Zambia, Italy and Belgium
Americanization: Part 3
How American popular music helped to spread the USA鈥檚 cultural revolution