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Lucy Worsley: What did Jane Austen REALLY look like?
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The literary legend bore little resemblance to her image on the new £10 note.
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    Lucy Worsley: What did Jane Austen REALLY look like?
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    Lucy Worsley: Did Jane Austen ever have sex?
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    Frank Cotterell Boyce on the book that inspired the Olympic opening ceremony
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    Ian Rankin: Read crime fiction to find out about a culture
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    Bettany Hughes: Istanbul has been sheltering refugees for 1,700 years
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    Nadya Tolokno: I read The Gulag Archipelago in prison
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    Will Self: Truth, the internet and the individual
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    Bettany Hughes on the slave girl who negotiated with Elizabeth I
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    Garry Kasparov: Deep Blue was as intelligent as an alarm clock
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    Elif Shafak: There are two ways to write a book
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    Lemn Sissay: Why foster care kids make great heroes
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