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A four-year conservation project to restore the painted ceiling at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford is completed.
Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, ponders the importance, or not, of a presidential running mate.
Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, considers the impact of Barack Obama's speech on the issue of race.
Author Jan Morris comes out of retirement to write one more book - but it will only be published after her death.
Fact can be funnier than fiction with Scrum V's rugby anagrams
The late Ingmar Bergman's film the Seventh Seal helped cement his reputation as a cerebral director, and might explain why chess is such an enduring theme for film makers.
The BBC's Duncan Kennedy meets Mexico's youngest bullfighter, nine-year-old Rafita Mirabal.
Freedom of speech has always balanced rights with responsibilities, says Brian Walden.
It took CS Lewis just three months to write the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Despite a major critic - JRR Tolkien - it became one of the all time great fantasy novels. Why?
Archaeologists in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad have uncovered extraordinary 16th century jewellery.
The BBC's David Willey writes about his memories of Pope John Paul II.
Pictures from Greece where the world's greatest sporting pageant gets underway in Athens.
Marlon Brando's biographer Paul Ryan offers an insight into the troubled life of a Hollywood genius.
Never read Ulysses? Now you don't have to. All you need to know about James Joyce's masterpiece.
A writer who claimed he saw a neo-Nazi gathering in a mid Wales bar admits the pub does not exist.
JK Rowling shows her formula to keep the reader - whether young or old - turning the pages has worked again.
Copies of a final novel said to have been written by former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein are found in Baghdad.
The man behind Bhutan's first full-length feature film, Oscar-nominated Khyentse Norbu, a Buddhist monk, talks about his work.
The Prince of Wales appeals for better recognition of Muslims in British society, at an awards ceremony in London.
Book critics review Yann Martel's Life of Pi.
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