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Colm Tóibín: I try to escape it but my past always ends up in my books
The author on the importance of rebelling against himself as he chooses his next story.
  1. Colm Tóibín: I try to escape it but my past always ends up in my books
    02:23
    Colm Tóibín: I try to escape it but my past always ends up in my books
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    Nicholas Hytner: How Iraq shaped audience reaction to Henry V
  3. Tracey Emin: Art is my life support
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    Tracey Emin: Art is my life support
  4. Bill Bailey: Why St Kilda haunts my dreams
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    Bill Bailey: Why St Kilda haunts my dreams
  5. Frank Cotterell Boyce: The importance of reading for reading's sake
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    Frank Cotterell Boyce: The importance of reading for reading's sake
  6. Stephen Fry: The Enlightenment bit itself on the backside
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    Stephen Fry: The Enlightenment bit itself on the backside
  7. Nadya Tolokno: What you need to know about Putin
    03:06
    Nadya Tolokno: What you need to know about Putin
  8. Michael Sheen: Empathy should be our foundation
    04:08
    Michael Sheen: Empathy should be our foundation
  9. Michael Sheen: The Welsh mining community that made the NHS possible
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    Michael Sheen: The Welsh mining community that made the NHS possible
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    Bettany Hughes: Protest has always happened in Istanbul
  11. Stephen Fry: Question and answer session
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    Stephen Fry: Question and answer session
  12. David Mitchell: The book that changed how I interact with my autistic son
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