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The Habit of Light by Gillian Clarke
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The poet's sonnet celebrating her aspirational mother's obsession with department stores.
  1. The Habit of Light by Gillian Clarke
    02:10
    The Habit of Light by Gillian Clarke
  2. Gillian Clarke's Running away to the Sea
    03:38
    Gillian Clarke's Running away to the Sea
  3. Imtiaz Dharker's In Wales, wanting to be Italian
    01:48
    Imtiaz Dharker's In Wales, wanting to be Italian
  4. Imtiaz Dharkar's The Trick
    01:35
    Imtiaz Dharkar's The Trick
  5. 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?"
  6. Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
    02:16
    Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
  7. 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
  8. 'Hamlet was a play I admired but didn’t like'
    01:26
    'Hamlet was a play I admired but didn’t like'
  9. Michael Morpurgo sings The Old Barbed Wire
    03:52
    Michael Morpurgo sings The Old Barbed Wire
  10. Valeria Luiselli recalls her first Shakespeare drama performance
    01:12
    Valeria Luiselli recalls her first Shakespeare drama performance
  11. Salman Rushdie on realism
    02:29
    Salman Rushdie on realism
  12. Julian Clary and illustrator David Roberts on drawing a hyena
    03:30
    Julian Clary and illustrator David Roberts on drawing a hyena
  13. Sam Mendes: It's time for a new James Bond director
    00:57
    Sam Mendes: It's time for a new James Bond director
  14. Salman Rushdie on the private act of writing a book
    01:37
    Salman Rushdie on the private act of writing a book
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