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Was it a member of the aristocracy that penned Shakespeare's plays?
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Was it a member of the aristocracy that penned Shakespeare's plays?- Gillian Clarke's Running away to the Sea
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- Imtiaz Dharkar's The Trick
- The Habit of Light by Gillian Clarke
- George Monbiot on the definition of neoliberalism
- Julian Clary and illustrator David Roberts on drawing a hyena
- Chris Hoy and Joanna Nadin on the opening of Flying Fergus
- Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on their influences
- Thomas Keneally on Oskar Schindler
- Marlon James reads from A Brief History of Seven Killings
- Caitlin Moran reads from her latest book Moranifesto
- Michael Morpurgo on becoming a writer
- Did Shakespeare really write his plays?
- Shakespeare as a 16th Century housewife's favourite
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