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Antonia Fraser on books, reading and becoming a writer
The author discusses her memoir, My History: A Memoir of Growing Up, with Simon Jenkins
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    Antonia Fraser on books, reading and becoming a writer
  2. Silk, sass and shimmer: William Banks-Blaney on Coco Chanel
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    Silk, sass and shimmer: William Banks-Blaney on Coco Chanel
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  3. Courrèges of his convictions: William Banks-Blaney on the French Space Age designer
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  4. Halcyon Halston days: William Banks-Blaney on the first super-designer
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  5. Simon Schama on the ongoing problems faced by the Jewish people
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    Simon Schama on the ongoing problems faced by the Jewish people
  6. William Banks-Blaney on Elizabeth Taylor at Studio 54
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    William Banks-Blaney on Elizabeth Taylor at Studio 54

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  8. Jon Ronson on the Stanford prison experiment
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    Jon Ronson on the Stanford prison experiment
  9. 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
  10. Rose Tremain's brush with Royalty
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    Rose Tremain's brush with Royalty
  11. Rose Tremain on The American Lover
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    Rose Tremain on The American Lover
  12. Yuval Noah Harari: Why money is the most successful story ever told
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    Yuval Noah Harari: Why money is the most successful story ever told
  13. Tenor Ian Bostridge on inspirational pictures and hurdy-gurdy music
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    Tenor Ian Bostridge on inspirational pictures and hurdy-gurdy music
  14. Frank Cottrell Boyce reads from The Astounding Broccoli Boy
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    Big ideas and award-winning writers at the festival in Hay-on-Wye.

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