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Joan Bakewell reads from her memoir, Stop the Clocks
This extract muses on courting and the expectations on young women in her youth
  1. Joan Bakewell reads from her memoir, Stop the Clocks
    02:46
    Joan Bakewell reads from her memoir, Stop the Clocks
  2. On Margaret Thatcher
    02:56
    On Margaret Thatcher
  3. On Brexit
    01:39
    On Brexit
  4. Andrew Davies on the cinematic writing of Tolstoy
    01:06
    Andrew Davies on the cinematic writing of Tolstoy
  5. Claire Harman: ‘I’ve made Charlotte Brontë’s hair move’
    03:00
    Claire Harman: ‘I’ve made Charlotte Brontë’s hair move’
  6. Much ado about characters
    01:16
    Much ado about characters
  7. Peter Carey: Why Ned Kelly was a folk hero in Australia
    03:17
    Peter Carey: Why Ned Kelly was a folk hero in Australia
  8. Edmund de Waal: The fabled city of porcelain
    02:33
    Edmund de Waal: The fabled city of porcelain
  9. Marlon James: Full session
    50:23
    Marlon James: Full session
  10. Thomas Keneally on the cruelty of writing
    01:04
    Thomas Keneally on the cruelty of writing
  11. Why was Shakespeare enchanted by the supernatural?
    02:39
    Why was Shakespeare enchanted by the supernatural?
  12. Writer Debbie Horsfield on the financial challenges of making a series like Poldark
    02:41
    Writer Debbie Horsfield on the financial challenges of making a series like Poldark
  13. Michael Morpurgo sings The Old Barbed Wire
    03:52
    Michael Morpurgo sings The Old Barbed Wire
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