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Celia Imrie on the importance of being bored
The actress and author acknowledges the role boredom can play in inducing creativity.
  1. Celia Imrie on the importance of being bored
    01:47
    Celia Imrie on the importance of being bored
  2. Ben & David Crystal's A-Z of Shakespeare
    06:42
    Ben & David Crystal's A-Z of Shakespeare
  3. Yuval Noah Harari: Why money is the most successful story ever told
    02:39
    Yuval Noah Harari: Why money is the most successful story ever told
  4. Steve Punt & Will Smith: 'Coming out' as comedians
    06:02
    Steve Punt & Will Smith: 'Coming out' as comedians
  5. Neil Gaiman reveals the real story of Sleeping Beauty
    02:04
    Neil Gaiman reveals the real story of Sleeping Beauty
  6. Karen Armstrong: Freedom was only for selected privileged Europeans
    03:03
    Karen Armstrong: Freedom was only for selected privileged Europeans
  7. William Banks-Blaney on Elizabeth Taylor at Studio 54
    00:53
    William Banks-Blaney on Elizabeth Taylor at Studio 54
  8. David Mitchell: I'm a fake novelist
    07:40
    David Mitchell: I'm a fake novelist
  9. James Rhodes' guide to love
    05:43
    James Rhodes' guide to love
  10. The Mozart Question: Michael Morpurgo, Daniel Pioro and the Storyteller's Ensemble
    04:47
    The Mozart Question: Michael Morpurgo, Daniel Pioro and the Storyteller's Ensemble
  11. Alex Salmond on joining the SNP while at university
    01:20
    Alex Salmond on joining the SNP while at university
  12. Silk, sass and shimmer: William Banks-Blaney on Coco Chanel
    04:44
    Silk, sass and shimmer: William Banks-Blaney on Coco Chanel
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