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Sam Mendes on Judi Dench
The director recalls the first time he worked with the actress, when he was 24.
  1. Sam Mendes on Judi Dench
    01:19
    Sam Mendes on Judi Dench
  2. Kamila Shamsie: "Are we living our lives according to rules Shakespeare set up?"
    00:26
    Kamila Shamsie: "Are we living our lives according to rules Shakespeare set up?"
  3. Salman Rushdie: "Shakespeare mashes up form"
    00:51
    Salman Rushdie: "Shakespeare mashes up form"
  4. Valeria Luiselli recalls her first Shakespeare drama performance
    01:12
    Valeria Luiselli recalls her first Shakespeare drama performance
  5. Lionel Shriver on 'the outrageous gamble of having a child'
    03:58
    Lionel Shriver on 'the outrageous gamble of having a child'
  6. Billy Bragg performs Brickbat
    03:20
    Billy Bragg performs Brickbat
  7. Was it a member of the aristocracy that penned Shakespeare's plays?
    02:15
    Was it a member of the aristocracy that penned Shakespeare's plays?
  8. Baaba Maal - Traveller
    05:37
    Baaba Maal - Traveller
  9. Michael Morpurgo on becoming a writer
    03:40
    Michael Morpurgo on becoming a writer
  10. Marlon James reads from A Brief History of Seven Killings
    10:32
    Marlon James reads from A Brief History of Seven Killings
  11. Chris Hoy and Joanna Nadin on the opening of Flying Fergus
    02:00
    Chris Hoy and Joanna Nadin on the opening of Flying Fergus
  12. Maxine Peake's approach to tackling Hamlet
    00:39
    Maxine Peake's approach to tackling Hamlet
  13. The worst 'knock, knock' joke Shakespeare never told
    02:07
    The worst 'knock, knock' joke Shakespeare never told
  14. Thomas Keneally on the cruelty of writing
    01:04
    Thomas Keneally on the cruelty of writing
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