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The effect of John Donne's poetry on her young friends' courting habits
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This extract muses on courting and the expectations on young women in her youth
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    The effect of John Donne's poetry on her young friends' courting habits
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    Julian Clary and illustrator David Roberts on drawing a hyena
  3. Michael Palin: How we named Monty Python
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    Michael Palin: How we named Monty Python
  4. Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them
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    Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them
  5. Claire Harman: ‘I’ve made Charlotte Brontë’s hair move’
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    Claire Harman: ‘I’ve made Charlotte Brontë’s hair move’
  6. Chris Hoy and Joanna Nadin on the opening of Flying Fergus
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    Chris Hoy and Joanna Nadin on the opening of Flying Fergus
  7. Baaba Maal - Fulani Rock
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    Baaba Maal - Fulani Rock
  8. Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
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    Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
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    Ben Miller remembers Professor Brian Cox in a rage
  10. Claire Harman reads an extract from her book Charlotte Brontë: A Life
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    Claire Harman reads an extract from her book Charlotte Brontë: A Life
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    Julian Clary and David Roberts: Drawing by committee
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