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Colm Tóibín: I try to escape it but my past always ends up in my books
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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
  2. Colm Tóibín: I had to build up to the idea of a son killing his mother
    04:10
    Colm Tóibín: I had to build up to the idea of a son killing his mother
  3. Will Self: Truth, the internet and the individual
    02:58
    Will Self: Truth, the internet and the individual
  4. Frank Cotterell Boyce: How culture works
    02:34
    Frank Cotterell Boyce: How culture works
  5. Bill Bailey: Why St Kilda haunts my dreams
    03:28
    Bill Bailey: Why St Kilda haunts my dreams
  6. Stephen Fry: Prepare for a technological reformation
    04:21
    Stephen Fry: Prepare for a technological reformation
  7. Hay we go!
    00:51
    Hay we go!
  8. Philippe Sands on the Manchester bombing
    01:48
    Philippe Sands on the Manchester bombing
  9. Will Self: The death of the novel?
    01:50
    Will Self: The death of the novel?
  10. Frank Cotterell Boyce on the book that inspired the Olympic opening ceremony
    03:28
    Frank Cotterell Boyce on the book that inspired the Olympic opening ceremony
  11. Stephen Fry: Question and answer session
    09:53
    Stephen Fry: Question and answer session
  12. Jeanette Winterson: We all need an education in love
    02:14
    Jeanette Winterson: We all need an education in love
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