Meridian Episodes Episode guide
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A Bach Pilgrimage: Part 3
The life and work of JS Bach, from 1708 when he moved to Weimar
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Slave Narratives: Part 2
How slaves fought for their own emancipation
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Robert Schumann's Symphony No 3
A close examination of the Rhenish, the last symphony composed by Schumann
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Why do Friedrich Nietzsche's ideas still matter?
Why is the work of contentious philiosopher Friedrich Nietzsche still relevant?
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Slave Narratives
How writers have conveyed the injustices and truths of the lives of slaves in America
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Writing the world with Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh talks about his latest novel, The Glass Palace, a 20th-century family saga
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Stranger than Fiction 鈥� the Life of Martin Amis
Interview with author Martin Amis about why he felt he need to write his memoir Experience
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Writers' Workshop 鈥撀爐he Radio Play
Exploring the process of writing radio plays
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Protest and succeed 鈥撀爄nterview with David Hare
David Hare talks about his career, from politically-driven protester to feted playwright
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The New Generation of Novelists
Three of the new generation of novelists discuss their work
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How Henry IV touched an Elizabethan nerve
Royal succession was a real concern for the first audiences of Shakespeare's Henry IV
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Beauty 鈥� Is it making a come-back?
Could beauty make a come-back in contemporary art?
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Guy de Maupassant 鈥� Master of the Short Story
Life and work of Guy de Maupassant, the 19th-century French writer
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Writers' Workshop 鈥� Memoirs
Martin Amis and Lisa Appignanesi explore the process of memoir writing
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Beauty 鈥� Who believes in it now?
When was the Western idea of beauty overturned 鈥� and why don't we believe in it anymore?
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Director's Choice 鈥� the Louvre
Pierre Rosenberg, president-director of the Louvre, takes listeners on a guided tour
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Beauty 鈥� What is it?
What is beauty and whay do we crave it? What is the relationship between art and beauty?
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Director's Choice 鈥� the Stedelijk Museum
A guided tour of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam with its director Rudi Fuchs
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Storytelling 鈥撀燬itting on the Porch
Our need for narrative is as important as food, shelter and sex, says Connie May Fowler
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Director's Choice 鈥� the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Philippe de Montebello takes listeners on a guided tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A.S. Byatt 鈥� the Novelist in pursuit of the Biographer
"Human beings always escape their biographers," says novelist A.S.Byatt in this interview
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Controversy over Exhibition of Lynching Photographs
Debate around exhibiting photographs of lynchings of African-Americans by white mobs
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Director's Choice 鈥� Castello di Rivoli
The director of Castello di Rivoli takes listeners on a guided tour
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Director's Choice 鈥� National Gallery of Scotland
A visit to the National Gallery of Scotland to discuss the building and its collections
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John Gielgud, giant of British Theatre
Tribute to the life and work of Sir John Gielgud, the great English actor, who has died
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Digital Photography 鈥� a Revolution
Will we ever be able to trust a news photograph again?
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Whodunnit? The Femme Fatale
Sarah Paretsky identifies the "four Vs" of female characters in 1930s detective fiction
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Whodunnit? Clever Pipe-Smokers
The most famous detective ever is a fictional character 鈥� Sherlock Holmes
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Michael Ondaatje on Writing History
Michael Ondaatje talks about how, as a novelist, he writes history
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Errol Morris's American Stories
Interview with Errol Morris, the independent non-fiction filmmaker
