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2012 is the 200th anniversary of Grimm’s Fairy Tales. In celebration of this anniversary, award-winning author Philip Pullman presents his fifty favourite stories from the Brothers Grimm. Listen to Pullman himself read two tales that have been made available for digital download.
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Javier Marías talks about...
In this video Javier Marías, author of A Heart So White, reads from his new book The Infatuations (published in March 2013) and talks to us about writing and the importance of the themes often covered in his novels.
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15 January 2013
Richard Sennett
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at Conway Hall at 7pm
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17 January 2013
Sanjeev Sanyal
talks about Land Of Seven Rivers
at Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE at 6.30pm
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24 January 2013
Halik Kochanski
talks about Poland and the Poles in the Second World War
at the National Army Museum at 12.30pm
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28 January 2013
Otto Dov Kulka
talks about Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death
at the Old Theatre, LSE at 6.30pm
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02 February 2013
Christopher Clark
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at the Southbank Centre from 10am
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