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Nadya Tolokno: I read The Gulag Archipelago in prison
How Solzhenitsyn's book on Soviet labour camps became contraband during her imprisonment.
  1. Nadya Tolokno: I read The Gulag Archipelago in prison
    01:43
    Nadya Tolokno: I read The Gulag Archipelago in prison
  2. Lemn Sissay: Why foster care kids make great heroes
    04:59
    Lemn Sissay: Why foster care kids make great heroes
  3. Bill Bailey: My grandfather used to set us a bird-watching challenge
    01:50
    Bill Bailey: My grandfather used to set us a bird-watching challenge
  4. Bettany Hughes: Why we tell ourselves stories
    01:53
    Bettany Hughes: Why we tell ourselves stories
  5. Jeanette Winterson: We all need an education in love
    02:14
    Jeanette Winterson: We all need an education in love
  6. James Rhodes' dedication to the people of Manchester
    04:51
    James Rhodes' dedication to the people of Manchester
  7. Bettany Hughes: Protest has always happened in Istanbul
    05:56
    Bettany Hughes: Protest has always happened in Istanbul
  8. Paula Byrne on Jane Austen adaptations
    03:56
    Paula Byrne on Jane Austen adaptations
  9. Helena Kennedy: Why right-wing populism is bad for women
    01:51
    Helena Kennedy: Why right-wing populism is bad for women
  10. Christina Lamb: The most impressive people campaigning for change are women
    02:37
    Christina Lamb: The most impressive people campaigning for change are women
  11. Elif Shafak: There are two ways to write a book
    01:51
    Elif Shafak: There are two ways to write a book
  12. Will Self: Truth, the internet and the individual
    02:58
    Will Self: Truth, the internet and the individual
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