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Which world leader got to drive the VW Beetle?
The historians talk about the inclusion of the iconic VW Beetle at the British Museum.
- Which world leader got to drive the VW Beetle?
- Kamila Shamsie: "Are we living our lives according to rules Shakespeare set up?"
- Salman Rushdie: "Shakespeare mashes up form"
- Valeria Luiselli recalls her first Shakespeare drama performance
- Susan Calman on growing up gay
- Andrew Davies: 'Les Misérables needs a champion'
- Paul Mason: 'A whole new way of doing things'
- Steve Silberman: ‘There has been no autism tsunami’
- 'Hamlet was a play I admired but didn’t like'
- Caitlin Moran: 'Social media is like being in the pub on a Friday night'
- Edna O'Brien reads from The Little Red Chairs
- Edna O'Brien on being invited to the White House for dinner
- Maxine Peake on the challenges of playing Hamlet
- Michael Morpurgo on becoming a writer
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