Aeneas Wilder talks about his sculptural work, Untitled #162 at the Mead Gallery. Wilder has been producing free-standing wooden installations and outdoor structures, using uniform lengths of wood, for 15 years.
Alan Rivett, Dr Eleonora Belfiore, Professor Grier Palmer, Jon Teckman and Professor David Morley discuss the value of art as well as how the arts can improve our lives.
Warwick Medical School's Professor Donald Singer and Michael Hulse, from English and Comparative Literary Studies, invite Femi Oyebode, from the University of Birmingham, to discuss the use of poetry in the health service.
How have writers attempted to articulate the impact of the Arts in society? Oliver Bennett and Eleanora Belfiore discuss what an understanding of this history of ideas brings to contemporary debates on Arts policy and the value of the Arts.
Stephen Gundle from the Department of Film and Television Studies at Warwick has published the first ever history of Glamour. Here he demystifies the mystery behind one of mankinds most elusive concepts.
Veteran Chinese TV and film director Zhang Ji Zhong, on his first visit to the UK, talks about his new film, The Monkey King, and his aim to promote Chinese culture in the West, during a talk at Warwick Arts Centre.
Tony Howard talks about his research looking at the women who have played Hamlet and the influence they have had on both the play and society.Length: 29 minutes
Munira Mirza argues that current arts policy in the UK may be damaging to the long term health of the arts.Munira Mirza is a writer and researcher on issues related to cultural policy and identity
Maureen Freely discusses her work translating the books of Orhan Pamuk and how his work reflects on the political situation in Turkey. Length: 22 minutes
2006 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Beckett. From the cells of San Quentin Prison to the streets of Prague, Beckett is one of the 20th Century's most influential writers.In order to understand his legacy, Dr Liz Barry, Eng