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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. Elif Shafak: European writers need to be more political
    02:27
    Elif Shafak: European writers need to be more political
  3. Elif Shafak: There are two ways to write a book
    01:51
    Elif Shafak: There are two ways to write a book
  4. 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
  5. Bernie Sanders: Most Americans don't agree with President Trump
    06:14
    Bernie Sanders: Most Americans don't agree with President Trump
  6. Chris Riddell on his first Goth Girl book
    06:33
    Chris Riddell on his first Goth Girl book
  7. Ian Rankin: The origins of Rebus
    01:38
    Ian Rankin: The origins of Rebus
  8. 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
  9. Jeanette Winterson: We all need an education in love
    02:14
    Jeanette Winterson: We all need an education in love
  10. Stephen Fry: Prepare for a technological reformation
    04:21
    Stephen Fry: Prepare for a technological reformation
  11. Will Self: Truth, the internet and the individual
    02:58
    Will Self: Truth, the internet and the individual
  12. Michael Sheen: The Welsh mining community that made the NHS possible
    10:08
    Michael Sheen: The Welsh mining community that made the NHS possible
  13. Stephen Fry: The Enlightenment bit itself on the backside
    02:07
    Stephen Fry: The Enlightenment bit itself on the backside
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