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Funmbi Omotayo, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
“I’m African when I go home, that’s my roots. I’m British when I’m signing on.”
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    Funmbi Omotayo, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  2. George the Poet reads His Mistakes
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  4. George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
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  5. Kathryn Joseph sings The Bird
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  6. Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
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  9. Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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  10. Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
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    Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
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