Meridian Episodes Available now
Palestrina at the Royal Opera House
The 50th anniversary of the Royal Opera House in London
The Cairo Book Fair
The Cairo Book Fair, which has attracted a million and a half people this year
Letters from the slave trade - Ignatius Sancho
The role of slavery in the building of the British empire
The Homecoming
A review of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming
The Calcutta Chromosome
Tribute to late James Dickey, American writer whose death was announced at the age of 73
Scottish literature's colourful tradition
A special programme which takes an in-depth look at modern Scottish literature
The London International Mime Festival
A review of the outlandish and the improbable at the London International Mime Festival
The Preacher's Wife
A review of Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington in the film The Preacher's Wife
T.S Eliot Prize winner - Les Murray
The winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize for poetry, the Australian Les Murray
The Portrait of a Lady
Review of The Portrait of a Lady starring Nicole Kidman and directed by Jane Campion