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John Boyne on why Bruno reads Treasure Island
Revisiting his bestselling 2008 novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
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    John Boyne on why Bruno reads Treasure Island
  2. Cressida Cowell: Could dragons be real?
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  5. Celebrating difference: Andrew Solomon on parents of exceptional children
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  6. Oxfam's Mark Goldring calls for a new Magna Carta
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    Oxfam's Mark Goldring calls for a new Magna Carta
  7. Neil Gaiman's dark secret: A biography of Duran Duran
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  8. Alex Salmond on joining the SNP while at university
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  9. Sandi Toksvig on the need for equal representation for women
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    Sandi Toksvig on the need for equal representation for women
  10. Andrew O'Hagan on drawing inspiration from life for The Illuminations
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    Andrew O'Hagan on drawing inspiration from life for The Illuminations
  11. Neil Gaiman's favourite memory of Terry Pratchett
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    Neil Gaiman's favourite memory of Terry Pratchett
  12. Helen Macdonald: I started to dream of goshawks
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    Helen Macdonald: I started to dream of goshawks
  13. David Mitchell: I'm a fake novelist
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