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Andrew Davies on the cinematic writing of Tolstoy

Russell T Davies talks about diversity in his A Midsummer Night's Dream

Billy Bragg on the importance of the BBC

Michael Morpurgo on becoming a writer

Marlon James: Full session

Was it a member of the aristocracy that penned Shakespeare's plays?

Paul Mason: 'A whole new way of doing things'

Malorie Blackman's life lesson