Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world
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The American photographer's collection of female subjects reviewed
The art critic Adrian Searle talks about the vandalisation of the British artist's work
The British author talks about why she writes detective fiction
The life of the English actor, playwright and composer
The political thriller writer talks about his book, The Phantom of Manhattan
Why the French figure has inspired more than 50 films and over 1000 books
How the Indian city's uniquely privately-financed festival was founded
The winner of the prize is announced: Steve McQueen
Prize-winning novelist Ha Jin talks about writing in English about love and life in China
Professor John Carey and AC Grayling discuss the Faber Book of Utopias
How fireworks have influenced art and literature
Critics and fans talk about the movie which has divided audiences since its release
The year's high points in film, music, dance, literature and architecture
The director of American Beauty discusses his successful transition from stage to screen
How the internet provider's purchase of the entertainment company will change the industry
An exhibition in London which looks back at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris
The critic Kenneth Turan talks about the festival's highlights including Girlfight
A reassessment of one of the great twentieth century writers
Kenneth Turan on the films which shared the big prize at the independent film festival
The young British novelist talks about her much-hyped debut novel White Teeth
The British playwright talks about his remarkable career and his play Virtual Reality
The writers Pat Cumper and Jim Crace discuss the fundamental element of storytelling
Joanna Trollope talks about her latest novel; 'A History of Reading' by Alberto Manguel. Neil Bissoondath novel.
A report from Varanasi, after Hindu extremists destroyed Mehta's film set
The English composer talks about how he created his opera The Silver Tassie
The American writer talks about his ambitious novel, The New City, set in an utopian town
How over 2000 Austrian artists are responding to the right-wing Freedom party
Andrew Motion explains why he wrote Wainewright the Poisoner, a highly unusal biography
Hey Ram, about the assassination of Gandhi, is the first Indian film to address Partition
How the arts in Serbia are helping to renew the country's culture
