Meridian Episodes Available now

The 40th Edinburgh Festival
Includes Friedrich Schiller's play Mary Stuart and Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock

Museum Special
The changing face of British museums and the new 'hands-on' trend

Stuart Hood's The Upper Hand
Author Stuart Hood on his novel The Upper Hand

Michael Frayn special
Extended interview with English playwright, novelist and translator Michael Frayn

Jazz Summer School
Report on a jazz summer school in Hull, England

Alan Ayckbourn's Henceforward
Prolific dramatist Alan Ayckbourn's on his new play Henceforward

The Kirov Opera in London
The Kirov Opera performs in London including The Queen of Spades by Tchaikovsky

Perfect Murder: A Century of Unsolved Homicides
Writer Bernard Taylor on his book Perfect Murder: A Century of Unsolved Homicides

Stephen Sondheim's Follies
Director Mike Ockrent on his new production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies in London

Dorothy Nelson's Tar and Feathers
Irish writer Dorothy Nelson on her new novel Tar and Feathers