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A Big Book Chat with Sir Lenny Henry
Sir Lenny Henry discusses the books that have made him with Kit de Waal.
46:40
A Big Book Chat with Sir Lenny Henry
02:06
"It made it acceptable to talk about kinky sex"
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46:30
A Big Book Chat with Val McDermid
02:15
"I didn't realise how quietly rebellious I was being"
30:32
A Big Book Weekend chat with Douglas Stuart
46:02
The Truth About Lies: Why We Love A Liar
01:37
"This book presented another kind of representation"
01:45
“Both me and him were in tears”
02:17
"I'd only read a handful of recipe books when I was asked to write one"
02:37
"It doesn't bother me if people work out on page one who the killer is"
02:38
"It was an all-consuming masculinity"
01:13
"I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
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