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Bettany Hughes reads from The King Must Die
Tom Holland, Bettany Hughes and Peter Stothard on Mary Renault’s Greek historical novels
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- Sheila Hancock on idealism
- Tom Holland: The challenge of writing about periods before the modern novel
- Celebrating difference: Andrew Solomon on parents of exceptional children
- Sandi Toksvig on the great women of history
- John Boyne: The first review called it a novel of blush-making vulgarity
- Alex Salmond on joining the SNP while at university
- How Call the Midwife team drew upon their own experiences of motherhood
- Steve Punt & Will Smith: 'Coming out' as comedians
- Tom Holland: De-radicalising Muhammad
- Sandi Toksvig: My father was fantastically famous
- Alan Bennett: The poor don't get much of a look in
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- Tom Holland: De-radicalising Muhammad
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