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Neil Gaiman reveals the real story of Sleeping Beauty
The author talks about his career with live input from illustrator Chris Riddell
  1. Neil Gaiman reveals the real story of Sleeping Beauty
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    Neil Gaiman reveals the real story of Sleeping Beauty
  2. Jon Ronson on the Stanford prison experiment
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    Jon Ronson on the Stanford prison experiment
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  4. Jon Ronson on 'mutual grooming'
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  5. Sheila Hancock: John was more like The Sweeney than Morse
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  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. David Mitchell: I'm a fake novelist
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    David Mitchell: I'm a fake novelist
  9. Germaine Greer: Lady Macbeth is an emptyhead
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    Germaine Greer: Lady Macbeth is an emptyhead
  10. Sheila Hancock on the importance of the arts
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    Sheila Hancock on the importance of the arts
  11. Cressida Cowell: Could dragons be real?
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    Cressida Cowell: Could dragons be real?
  12. Tom Holland on why Lord of the Rings is the greatest historical novel
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    Tom Holland on why Lord of the Rings is the greatest historical novel
  13. Neil Gaiman's dark secret: A biography of Duran Duran
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