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Bettany Hughes reads from The King Must Die
Tom Holland, Bettany Hughes and Peter Stothard on Mary Renault’s Greek historical novels
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    Bettany Hughes reads from The King Must Die
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    Frank Cottrell Boyce reads from The Astounding Broccoli Boy
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  4. Andrew O'Hagan reads a passage about a firefight in Helmand Province
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    James Rhodes on the first time he met Stephen Fry
  6. Women's liberation: William Banks-Blaney on how Coco Chanel used men's underwear
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  7. Jon Ronson: Can I interview you about your special brain anomaly?
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    Jon Ronson: Can I interview you about your special brain anomaly?
  8. Sandi Toksvig on the great women of history
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    Sandi Toksvig on the great women of history
  9. Robert Macfarlane on an extraordinary coincidence
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    Robert Macfarlane on an extraordinary coincidence
  10. Alan Bennett: The poor don't get much of a look in
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    Alan Bennett: The poor don't get much of a look in
  11. Neil Gaiman: Why illustrators need to be good readers
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    Neil Gaiman: Why illustrators need to be good readers
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    Oxfam's Mark Goldring calls for a new Magna Carta
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