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Sheila Hancock on idealism
In conversation with Francine Stock about her debut novel Miss Carter's War.
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- Sheila Hancock on the importance of the arts
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- Frank Cottrell Boyce's first day at school
- Antonia Fraser on books, reading and becoming a writer
- Alan Bennett: The poor don't get much of a look in
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