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Opera superstar Jessye Norman reflects on political activism and her 50-year career in music 2019-02-24 12:00:00
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Diana Athill: looking back at a remarkable literary life and career 2019-02-17 12:00:00
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Vesna Goldsworthy on re-imagining The Great Gatsby and Anna Karenina 2019-02-10 12:00:00
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Juan Gabriel Vásquez on how Colombia's violent past has shaped his fiction and his life 2019-02-03 12:00:00
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Esther Kinsky on the ebb and flow of memory in River 2019-01-27 12:00:00
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Ondjaki captures the humour and heartache of life in his hometown, Luanda 2019-01-20 12:00:00
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Nadine Labaki highlights the heroism of children in Beirut in her new film, Capernaum 2019-01-13 12:00:00
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Kiese Laymon bears the weight of a difficult past in his powerful memoir, Heavy 2019-01-06 12:00:00
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Patti Smith on the immediacy of photography - and why she prefers Polaroids 2018-12-30 12:00:00
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Alain Mabanckou on his profound connection to the Republic of the Congo 2018-12-23 12:00:00
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The enduring magic of The Little Prince: with Stacy Schiff, Mark Osborne and Éric Dupont 2018-12-16 12:00:00
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Pat Barker on giving voice to the enslaved women of Homer's Iliad 2018-12-09 12:00:00
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Bernardo Bertolucci on the art and poetry of cinema 2018-12-02 12:00:00
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Susan Orlean on loving libraries - and burning books 2018-11-25 12:00:00
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Susan Orlean on loving libraries - and burning books
The bestselling American writer talked to Eleanor Wachtel about her new title The Library Book, which tells the story of the devastating fire at the Los Angeles Central Library - and the significance of Orlean's own childhood library.…read more
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'My mother was a Communist informant.' András Forgách explores his family's secret past 2018-11-18 12:00:00
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Elliot Ackerman on the scars that remain once the battle is over 2018-11-11 12:00:00
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Jeet Thayil on Baudelaire, drug addiction and his provocative novel, Narcopolis 2018-11-04 12:00:00
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Lee Child on Jack Reacher and his larger-than-life crime thriller series 2018-10-28 12:00:00
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Laurie Anderson on language, story and losing her archives to Hurricane Sandy 2018-10-21 12:00:00
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Poet Terrance Hayes examines race and politics in the age of Trump 2018-10-14 12:00:00
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