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Maxine Peake's approach to tackling Hamlet
The audiences' connection was what the actress considered key to her performance
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    Maxine Peake's approach to tackling Hamlet
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    ‘I’ve made Charlotte Brontë’s hair move’
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    Claire reads an extract from her book Charlotte Brontë: A Life
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    Billy Bragg: 'Cynicism is the real enemy of all of us who want to make the world a better place'
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    Letter to My Daughter
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    Marlon James reads from A Brief History of Seven Killings
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    Michael Palin: How we named Monty Python
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    Shakespeare as a 16th Century housewife's favourite
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    Baaba Maal - Traveller
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    Caitlin Moran reads from her latest book Moranifesto
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    Kamila Shamsie: "Are we living our lives according to rules Shakespeare set up?"
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    Jonathan Dimbleby on breaking the Enigma code - and nearly losing the war
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    Billy Bragg on the importance of the BBC
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