Art Meets Literature

The Guardian has links to a series of talks by authors on their favorite paintings at London's Courtauld Gallery. You can hear:

• Colm Tóibín on Paul Cézanne's Route Tournante
• Philip Pullman on Edouard Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
• Gillian Beer on Vanessa Bell's A Conversation
• Julia Neuberger on Camille Pissarro's Lordship Lane Station

Next week, two more talks will be posted. Not a bad way to spend your lunch break.