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Paul Theroux's novel double act

Where does the real Paul Theroux begin and end in his new novel, My Other Life?

• 28 mins

John Gabriel Borkman opens with a stellar Cast

Stellar cast for Ibsen's play John Gabriel Borkman at London's Royal National Theatre

• 28 mins

Philip Pullman's Northern Lights has the winning 'tingle factor'

Northern Lights by Philip Pullman has won the Carnegie Medal

• 28 mins

Lulu joins Glyndborne's 'naughty girls'

Alban Berg's opera Lulu is staged for Glyndbourne by Graham Vick

• 28 mins

Fast Greens – Games of Golf and Life

Turk Pipkin's self-published golfing novel, Fast Greens, became an instant bestseller

• 28 mins

Who were Puccini's Bohemians?

Why is Puccini's Bohemia located in Paris – and who were these Bohemians really?

• 28 mins

Benedict Arnold – Hero or Villain?

RSC's premiere of The General from America by Richard Nelson

• 30 mins

View from the Eye of Desert Storm

Maj Gen Patrick Cordingley talks about his Gulf War diaries

• 28 mins

Lolita at 40

The story of how Lolita, the controversial novel by Vladimir Nabokov, came to be published

• 28 mins

Dancing Hamlet in Denmark

Hamlet, a new ballet by Peter Schaufuss, receives its world premiere at Elsinore, Denmark

• 28 mins

Writing about Writing about Sex

Why Must a Black Writer Write about Sex? – by Haitian-born writer Danny Laferriere

• 28 mins

Samuel Beckett

A look at the life and times of Samuel Beckett

• 28 mins

PEN International

A report on the work on PEN International

• 27 mins

Edinburgh International Festival

A report from the 50th Edinburgh International Festival

• 28 mins

Pina Bausch

A profile of Philippine 'Pina Bausch

• 27 mins

Eve Arnold

A look at the life of Eve Arnold

• 28 mins

China and the Cultural Revolution

China uncovered

• 28 mins

Edinburgh Arts Festival and the theatre of Africa

The theatre of Africa at the Edinburgh Arts Festival

• 28 mins

Ben Elton's Popcorn

A review of Ben Elton's novel Popcorn

• 28 mins

Uncle Vanya and the Edinburgh International Arts Festival

The closing of the 50th Edinburgh International Arts Festival

• 28 mins

The Conversations at Curlow Creek

A review of the book The Conversations At Curlow Creek by David Malouf

• 28 mins

Blinded by the Sun

A review of Blinded by the Sun, by Stephen Poliakoff

• 28 mins

David Malouf

An interview with the author David Malouf

• 28 mins

The popularity of reading

A history of books, as reading appears more popular than ever

• 28 mins

Steven Spielberg

An interview with the American film director, screenwriter and producer, Steven Spielberg

• 28 mins

Competition winner - where do you best like to read?

The winner of our competition asking readers where they best like to read

• 28 mins

The Handyman

A review of the play The Handyman, now showing in London

• 28 mins

Nobel Prize Winner - Wislawa Szymborska

The winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, Wislawa Szymborska

• 27 mins

Dance at the Natural History Museum

Why an American dance group has taken over the Natural History Museum

• 29 mins

Mario Puzo's The Last Don

New novel by Mario Puzo - The Last Don

• 28 mins