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Jeanette Winterson explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
Jeanette Winterson speaks about her new book, The Gap of Time.
  1. Jeanette Winterson explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
    05:07
    Jeanette Winterson explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
  2. On the private act of writing a book
    01:37
    On the private act of writing a book
  3. The nature of realism between the reader and the writer
    02:29
    The nature of realism between the reader and the writer
  4. Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
    02:16
    Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
  5. Claire Harman: ‘I’ve made Charlotte Brontë’s hair move’
    03:00
    Claire Harman: ‘I’ve made Charlotte Brontë’s hair move’
  6. Thomas Keneally on the cruelty of writing
    01:04
    Thomas Keneally on the cruelty of writing
  7. Yanis Varoufakis on Margaret Thatcher
    02:56
    Yanis Varoufakis on Margaret Thatcher
  8. Baaba Maal - Lampenda
    04:03
    Baaba Maal - Lampenda
  9. Michael Morpurgo: Why I wrote Private Peaceful
    03:58
    Michael Morpurgo: Why I wrote Private Peaceful
  10. Edna O'Brien reads from The Little Red Chairs
    01:54
    Edna O'Brien reads from The Little Red Chairs
  11. Lionel Shriver: Why Donald Trump wouldn’t work as a fictional character
    02:54
    Lionel Shriver: Why Donald Trump wouldn’t work as a fictional character
  12. The worst 'knock, knock' joke Shakespeare never told
    02:07
    The worst 'knock, knock' joke Shakespeare never told
  13. Marlon James reads from A Brief History of Seven Killings
    10:32
    Marlon James reads from A Brief History of Seven Killings
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