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Sandi Toksvig on the need for equal representation for women
The broadcaster speaks at a special Hay event to mark 800 years since Magna Carta.
  1. Sandi Toksvig on the need for equal representation for women
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    Sandi Toksvig on the need for equal representation for women
  2. Sheila Hancock on the importance of the arts
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    Sheila Hancock on the importance of the arts
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  3. Sheila Hancock: John was more like The Sweeney than Morse
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  4. Sheila Hancock on idealism
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  5. Neil Gaiman: Why illustrators need to be good readers
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  6. Frank Cottrell Boyce's first day at school
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    Frank Cottrell Boyce's first day at school
  7. Celia Imrie on the importance of being bored
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    Celia Imrie on the importance of being bored
  8. Tom Holland: The challenge of writing about periods before the modern novel
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    Tom Holland: The challenge of writing about periods before the modern novel
  9. How Call the Midwife team drew upon their own experiences of motherhood
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    How Call the Midwife team drew upon their own experiences of motherhood
  10. Andrew O'Hagan reads a passage about a firefight in Helmand Province
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    Andrew O'Hagan reads a passage about a firefight in Helmand Province
  11. The Mozart Question: Michael Morpurgo and Daniel Pioro
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    The Mozart Question: Michael Morpurgo and Daniel Pioro
  12. Dan and Peter Snow: Introduction to Waterloo
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    Dan and Peter Snow: Introduction to Waterloo
  13. The Mozart Question: Michael Morpurgo, Daniel Pioro and the Storyteller's Ensemble
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    The Mozart Question: Michael Morpurgo, Daniel Pioro and the Storyteller's Ensemble
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