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From War of the Worlds to Citizen Kane
Simon Callow describes Orson Welles' journey to Hollywood in the late 1930s.
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    From War of the Worlds to Citizen Kane
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    Squashing Words
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    Books I’ve Written
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  6. Steve’s Monsters
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  12. Erica Jong on sex and ageing
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    The school bus rap
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    'Just watch the hands': The genius of Boulez's conducting
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    Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
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