Iconic arts series with films, plays, literature and music from around the world
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How to write novels, with advice from writers Eliot Perlman and Michele Roberts
A profile of the American film director and choreographer
Examining the author Margaret Mitchell and her epic historical novel
Can traditional dance survive in the face of contemporary dance?
The novelists Alexis Wright, Nikki Gemmell and Kate Grenville discuss Australian identity
The artist talks about how and why he paints.
A review of a recording of the American composers' three great ballet scores
How the American sculptor made his famous work in an extinct volcano in Arizona
Gillian Tyndall and Sir Ernest Hall discuss Apsley Cherry-Garrard and Marguerite Youcenar
A review of a recording by Les Arts Florissants and conducted by William Christie
How Freud's psychoanalytic theories and practices have been refined since his death
The writer and rock climber talk about books by Robert Graves, Maeve Binchy and J M Synge
The novelist and journalist discuss work by Paul Muldoon, Patrick McCabe and Eric Newby
The two British filmmakers discuss books by Frederick Exley, James Blinn and Barbara Pym
Edward Said discusses his often controversial work, including scholarship and journalism focusing on his native Palestine
Returning to America, composer Aaron Copland's career is launched with his Organ Symphony
Books by JM Coetzee, Patrick O'Brian and Jane Gardam are discussed
A discussion about one of the fiercest theorists of anti-colonialism
A report from the Canadian festival and the novelist David Adams Richards
Aaron Copland's fanfare for "the common man who was doing all the dirty work of this war"
The British choreographer Siobhan Davies talks about how she works with music
The British choregrapher talks about his relationship with music and how it inspires him
In his centenary year, Aaron Copland is still the most-played American composer
How Indian writers use the English language with Arundhati Roy and Sagarika Ghose
The story of Art Nouveau's most famous practitioner who was best known for his poster art
Retracing Brian Jones' 1967 journey to encounter the master musicians of Morocco
A discussion about why international authors write in English or their native language
A discussion about how to design cheap and appropriate dwellings
An exploration of the role of the director in creating an opera. With David Pountney
An exploration of the role of the conductor and musical director in creating an opera
