Meridian Episodes Available now
Blood on the Floor – from painting to music
Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage talks about writing Blood on the Floor, premiered this week
The Railway Man's path to Forgiveness
The Railway Man is Eric Lomax's prize-winning memoir of being a PoW on the Burma railway
The trial of Shakespeare's Daughter
Peter Whelan's play about Shakespeare's daughter Susanna Hall who was accused of adultery
Surely Sherlock wasn't French – or was he?
Why French fans are claiming Sherlock Holmes as one of their own
What are Museums for?
What is the purpose of museums now – and how should we remember the painful past?
Simon Gray's hero returns – after 25 years
Simon Gray explains why he has brought Simon Hinch back to life, 25 years on
Cultures come together at the Birmingham Festival
Highlights of the Birmingham Festival in the UK
Kenneth MacMillan's Anastasia dances again
Kenneth MacMillan's ballet Anastasia is performed again by the Royal Ballet after 18 years
John Updike – In the Beauty of the Lilies
Kay Redfield Jameson on her new book about mental illness, a tribute to Israeli writer, Emile Habibi, Seamus Heaney, we'll be finding out how to get a book published, John Updike's new novel In the Beauty of the Lilies.
William Morris – Artist as Activist
Life and legacy of William Morris, English designer, writer and social activist