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Lemn Sissay: Why foster care kids make great heroes
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The poet outlines the importance of orphans and foster children in fiction and literature.
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    Lemn Sissay: Why foster care kids make great heroes
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    Will Self: The death of the novel?
  3. Philippe Sands on the Manchester bombing
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    Philippe Sands on the Manchester bombing
  4. Tony Robinson: I thought the Blackadder script was rubbish
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    Tony Robinson: I thought the Blackadder script was rubbish
  5. Helena Kennedy: Why right-wing populism is bad for women
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    Helena Kennedy: Why right-wing populism is bad for women
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    Elif Shafak: There are two ways to write a book
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    Stephen Fry: Prepare for a technological reformation
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    James Rhodes' dedication to the people of Manchester
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    Lucy Worsley: What did Jane Austen REALLY look like?
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