Fred Astaire

A profile of the legendary American dancer and actor

• 28 mins

Contemporary painting

Is it as exciting as other, newer, conceptual art forms?

• 28 mins

The Orange Prize for Fiction

The all-female line-up for the prize is reviewed by The Times' Literary Editor Eric Wagner

• 28 mins

Remembering Bruce Chatwin

Life and work of English novelist and travel writer Bruce Chatwin

• 27 mins

A First Novel takes top Literary Prize

English author Andrew Miller has won a $150,000 literary prize with his first novel

• 28 mins

Applause for Asian films at Cannes Festival

This might be the "best year ever" for Asian films at the Cannes Film Festival

• 28 mins

Salman Rushdie – Shaking up Myth and Time

Salman Rushdie talks about his new novel, The Ground Beneath Her Feet

• 28 mins

A History of the Superhero

Exploring the history and popularity of comics, focusing on Batman and Superman

• 28 mins

Nelson Mandela – a new Biography

New biography of Nelson Mandela by Anthony Sampson

• 28 mins

Sweden wins the Eurovision Song Contest – again

Charlotte Nilsson wins the Eurovision song contest for Sweden

• 28 mins

Hillary's View from the Summit

Sir Edmund Hillary on how you follow the conquest of Mt Everest?

• 28 mins

Celebrating Alexander Pushkin's 200th Birthday

Celebrating the bicentenary of Alexander Pushkin, romantic Russian poet and novelist

• 28 mins

Is there enough Chemistry in 'Instinct'?

Anthony Hopkins and Cuba Gooding Jr star in John Turteltaub's new film, Instinct

• 28 mins

What are Russians reading now?

Why Russian literature is in a state of flux – and how reading habits have changed

• 28 mins

Hannibal Lecter is on the loose again

Hannibal is the third in by Thomas Harris's series about the cannibal psychopath

• 28 mins

Amos Oz on the Art of Beginning

Amos Oz talks about his intriguing new book of literary criticism, The Story Begins

• 28 mins

Ralph Ellison, Visible Man

Life and work of writer Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man about black American life

• 28 mins

Protest to protect local Films in South Korea

South Korean film-makers protest at American pressure to phase out the quota system

• 28 mins

Welcome to the Venice Biennale

The Venice Biennale opens with Bhuddist drumming, video wanderings and white mist…

• 28 mins

Disruptive Forces at work in Society

Sex and technology are the forces propelling The Great Disruption by Francis Fukuyama

• 28 mins

Holocaust Memorial planned for Berlin

The German parliament has approved the building of a Holocaust memorial in Berlin

• 28 mins

Doris Lessing – On Siblings and Stories

Doris Lessing talks about her latest novel, and about the experiences that fed into it

• 28 mins

Exit Mario Puzo, Mafia novel don

Tribute to Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather, who has died aged 78

• 28 mins

Her Phantom Husband is a Bestseller

Marie Darrieussecq talks about her second bestseller, My Phantom Husband,

• 29 mins

Barbara Taylor Bradford – More than Romance

Bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford talks about her novel, A Sudden Change of Heart

• 27 mins

Eyes Wide Shut – Kidman and Cruise thrill for Kubrick

At last, what Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise were up to in Stanley Kubrick's last film

• 28 mins

Ernest Hemingway – Centenary

In the centenary year of his birth, the life and work of American writer Ernest Hemingway

• 27 mins

J. M. Coetzee's latest novel of post-Apartheid Life

How Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee addresses sex and politics in post-Apartheid South Africa

• 28 mins

Verdi floats on success at Bregenz Festival

Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera takes place on a fantastical floating stage

• 28 mins

Swimming through Life like a Fish

Ruri Pilgrim's characters swim through life in her novel Fish of the Seto Inland Sea

• 28 mins