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Tom Holland on why Lord of the Rings is the greatest historical novel
Tom Holland, Bettany Hughes and Peter Stothard on Mary Renault’s Greek historical novels
Tom Holland on why Lord of the Rings is the greatest historical novel- Tom Holland: The challenge of writing about periods before the modern novel
- Bettany Hughes reads from The King Must Die
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- Tom Holland: De-radicalising Muhammad
- Jon Ronson on 'mutual grooming'
- Alex Salmond: How the Scottish referendum empowered people
- Sandi Toksvig: My father was fantastically famous
- Andrew O'Hagan on drawing inspiration from life for The Illuminations
- Alex Salmond on joining the SNP while at university
- Nigel Kennedy on The Four Seasons
- Elderly sex: Germaine Greer on the romance between Cleopatra and Antony
- Jon Ronson: Can I interview you about your special brain anomaly?
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