Few have written of the experience and morality of reading as powerfully as Alberto Manguel. Born in Buenos Aires and now living in Canada,
Manguel is internationally renowned as a translator, anthologist and essayist, with books including the acclaimed A History of Reading. With a new collection of essays published this week in Britain,
Alberto Manguel talks to Paul Allen about the nature of books and the place of literature in contemporary culture.
And angels, witches, warlocks and penitents take to the stage at English National Opera - Night
Waves reports on tonight's opening of Boito's Mephistopheles in a new production by Ian Judge. Producer Belinda Sample