Meridian Episodes Available now
How do artists use colour?
The abstract artists Terry Frost, John Hoyland and Yuko Shirai discuss how they use colour
Opening Nights: West Side Story
The American musical's first performance in 1957, remembered by the cast.
Displaced authors
The Lebanese Hanan Al-Sheikh and two other writers talk about being separated from home
Wigmore Hall
The history behind Wigmore Hall and the artists who have performed there
The Ta'ziyeh in Iran
An exploration of the annual religious event in Iran, a kind of passion play.
The Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta
Egytpian novelist Ahdaf Soueif talks about the accounts of the 14th-century traveller
The Wigmore Hall
The history and impact of the London music venue which opened in 1901
Carlos Fuentes
The celebrated Mexican writer talks about losing a child and his book The Years With Laura
RK Naryan remembered
A tribute to the Indian writer, with contributions from Mark Tully and archive interviews.
Maria Callas' early life
Discussing the operatic soprano's life in Athens from 1937 to 1945
