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Bettany Hughes on the slave girl who negotiated with Elizabeth I

Paula Byrne on Jane Austen adaptations

Stephen Fry: Question and answer session

Christina Lamb: The most impressive people campaigning for change are women

Bill Bailey: My grandfather used to set us a bird-watching challenge

Nicholas Hytner: How Iraq shaped audience reaction to Henry V

Ian Rankin: The origins of Rebus

Will Self: Truth, the internet and the individual

Stephen Fry: We all just need to grow up