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Simon Schama on the ongoing problems faced by the Jewish people
An excerpt from the historian's Hay talk examining the persistence of anti-Semitism.
  1. Simon Schama on the ongoing problems faced by the Jewish people
    05:49
    Simon Schama on the ongoing problems faced by the Jewish people
  2. Anne Enright: It's nice to come home to a country I recognise
    03:22
    Anne Enright: It's nice to come home to a country I recognise
  3. David Mitchell: I'm a fake novelist
    07:40
    David Mitchell: I'm a fake novelist
  4. Helen Macdonald: I started to dream of goshawks
    03:45
    Helen Macdonald: I started to dream of goshawks
  5. Cressida Cowell: You can be a writer
    01:47
    Cressida Cowell: You can be a writer
  6. Andrew O'Hagan on drawing inspiration from life for The Illuminations
    04:24
    Andrew O'Hagan on drawing inspiration from life for The Illuminations
  7. Oxfam's Mark Goldring calls for a new Magna Carta
    07:09
    Oxfam's Mark Goldring calls for a new Magna Carta
  8. Cressida Cowell: Could dragons be real?
    03:31
    Cressida Cowell: Could dragons be real?
  9. Steve Punt & Will Smith: 'Coming out' as comedians
    06:02
    Steve Punt & Will Smith: 'Coming out' as comedians
  10. Vikram Seth reads his moving poem, Caged
    02:49
    Vikram Seth reads his moving poem, Caged
  11. Sheila Hancock: John was more like The Sweeney than Morse
    01:27
    Sheila Hancock: John was more like The Sweeney than Morse
  12. Tom Holland on why Lord of the Rings is the greatest historical novel
    00:58
    Tom Holland on why Lord of the Rings is the greatest historical novel
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