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Ian McEwan gives several lengthy readings from his novel ‘A Child in Time’ after a short introduction to his work by Martin Amis.
A video recording of Michael Nyman’s only opera, first performed at the ICA in the late 1980s. It tells the story of musicologist Dr P and the neurological condition that caused him to gradually lose a...
The American ‘beat’ poet Alan Ginsberg discusses his experiences with Buddhism and his work with R D Laing. Most of the conversation is given over to exchanges about gurus and meditation centres.
Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe in conversation with Somali writer Nuruddin Farah. They discuss Achebe’s sense of identity - African and Nigerian, the question of language in a multicultural society,...
Focuses on Helen Chadwick’s installation ‘Of Mutability’, held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1986. She discusses ‘Carcass’, ‘The Oval Court’ and ‘Ego Geometria Sum’ with...
Janice Shinebourne and Beryl Gilroy are each interviewed separately. Janice Shinebourne discusses her Guyanese background, the influence of the landscape, social conditions, her family on her writing - and...
Philip French talks with film director John Boorman about his book ‘Money into Light’. They also discuss Boorman’s attitude to film-making, film finance and Hollywood production-line techniques.
John King gives a brief introduction to Mario Vargas Llosa’s life and main works. Vargas Llosa then talks about ‘The War at the End of the World’ and the historical reality which inspired him to write...
Michael Powell is interviewed by Chris Peachment, film editor and critic for ‘Time Out’. The occasion is the publication of Powell’s autobiography which takes him up to 1947, ‘A Life in the...
Mongane Serote, the South African writer and poet, discusses the effect of the political situation in South Africa on his writing, and on writers in general. He also comments on his own progression as a...
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