Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
Conversation with Italian writer Umberto Eco, who received the foreign Médicis prize for his novel The Name of the Rose. The famous semiologist explains why he chose to set his novel in the beginning of the XIVth century, a transitional period where people began to interpret natural signs in a modern way.
Roman Polanski regarding Tess
Film-maker Roman Polanski explains his decision to adapt Tess to the big screen.
Extract from the opera Adriana Mater by Kaija Saariaho
An extract from the opera Adriana Mater by Kaija Saariaho at the Bastille Opera, directed by Peter Sellars and performed by Patricia Bardon, Stephen Milling and Solveig Kringelborn.
Urbanism in the Netherlands
Report on the Netherlands, the most densely populated country of the European Union. As the population keeps growing, architects are already planning the cities of the future and are displaying their first creations, in Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
