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Shakespeare and the reformation
How religious changes influenced a young William.
- Shakespeare and the reformation
- The effect of John Donne's poetry on her young friends' courting habits
- Susan Calman on how Victoria Wood inspired her to become a comedian
- The worst 'knock, knock' joke Shakespeare never told
- Thomas Keneally on the genesis of Napoleon鈥檚 Last Island
- Fay Weldon reads an extract from her new novel Before the War
- Caitlin Moran reads from her latest book Moranifesto
- David Roberts' drawing tips
- Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on their influences
- David Mitchell: 'The best of the Star Treks are art'
- Writer Debbie Horsfield on the financial challenges of making a series like Poldark
- Russell T Davies on young women and suicide
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- Chris Hoy
- Chris Packham
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- David Mitchell
- Edmund de Waal
- Edna O'Brien
- Eleanor Tomlinson, Karen Thrussell and Debbie Horsfield
- Fay Weldon
- George Monbiot
- Germaine Greer
- Gregory Doran
- Imtiaz Dharker and Gillian Clarke
- James Shapiro
- Jeanette Winterson on The Gap of Time
- Jeanette Winterson: Shakespeare 400
- Jonathan Bate
- Jonathan Dimbleby
- Julian Clary and David Roberts
- Lionel Shriver
- Malorie Blackman
- Marlon James
- Maxine Peake and Paapa Essiedu
- Michael Morpurgo
- Michael Palin
- Neil MacGregor and Richard J Evans
- Paul Mason
- Peter Carey
- Ruby Wax
- Russell T Davies and Maxine Peake
- Salman Rushdie
- Salman Rushdie, Kamila Shamsie, Valeria Luiselli and Juan Gabriel Vasquez
- Sam Mendes
- Sarah Millican and Hannah Dunleavy
- Simon Schama
- Stephen Frears
- Steve Silberman
- Susan Calman
- Thomas Keneally on Napoleon's Last Island
- Thomas Keneally on Schindler's Ark
- Yanis Varoufakis