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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Interview with screenwriter and author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Review of the year - 1998
A look back at the arts that provided the backdrop to the 12 months that was 1998
Golden Globe nominations
Hollywood's Golden Globe film nominations are announced
Alvin Ailey
A documentary on the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Jane Smiley - Pulitzer prize winner
A feature-length programme on the novelist Jane Smiley
The London Book Fair
A report from the annual international fair attended by 45 countries
How do art thieves get away with it?
How are thieves able to sell on famous paintings?
John Updike's novel Bech at Bay
The author and critic Stephen Amidon talks about the American writer's work
European Capital of Culture 1999: Weimar, Germany
Gabriele Gerecke talks about why the German city has been chosen
Northern Irish novelist Brian Moore
Professor Bob Welsh from the Univeristy of Ulster talks about the Irish author
Indian International Film Festival
Film critic Lalit Joshi reports from the wide-ranging festival in Hyderabad
Samuel Shem's Mount Misery
A psychiatrist and a writer reviews the American writer and psychiatrist's novel
Berlin's Holocaust Memorial
The architect Peter Eisenman talks about a new plan for the memorial
International Film Festival of India
How Hydrabad played host to the festival which featured a film market for the first time
FW de Klerk's autobiography
A review of the last white President of South Africa's memoir
Sundance Film Festival
Film critic Ken Turan reports from the independent film festival in Utah
Rhapsody in Blue
The story of how George Gershwin wrote his most famous work
Calcutta Book Fair
The literary critic Surendranath Dasgupta reports from one of the annual literary event
King Henry IV, Part One
An analysis of Shakespeare's historical play
Irish Murdoch
A tribute to the philosopher novelist who has died aged 79
Oscar nominations
Festival of Islamic pop in Iran, previously banned by Ayatollah Khomeini; Salman Rushdie to return to India; Writer Iris Murdoch dies; Berlin's Film Festival; Oscar nominations.
Erica Jong's What do Women Want
"All revolutions start with books." The American feminist talks about her book of essays
Berlin film festival
The Finnish actress Kati Outinen talks about rediscovering silent movie acting
Los Angeles: The City Of Mirrors
A portrait of the Californian city which has reinvented itself through TV and film
Thomas Keneally interview
The gregarious Australian author of Schindler's Ark talks about his life and work
John le Carr茅's Single & Single
The British spy writer's novel is reviewed by the British politician Gerald Kaufmann
Wole Soyinka and the 1999 Nigerian elections
The Nigerian poet talks about how the arts struggled against military rule
Commonwealth Writer's Prize
The chair of the Eurasian region judges Professor Malashri Lal talks about the winners
China mourns the writer Xie Wanying
The daughter of one of China's most prolific writers of the 20th century pays tribute
Ngangura Mweze wins at the 'African Oscars'
The Congolese filmmaker wins the top prize at the Pan African Film Festival in Ouagadougou
Women's literature
Maggie Gee, Ursula Owen and Anita Roy discuss the importance of women's literature