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Was it a member of the aristocracy that penned Shakespeare's plays?
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- How to draw a hyena
- David Roberts' drawing tips
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- Andrew Davies on the cinematic writing of Tolstoy
- Fay Weldon reads an extract from her new novel Before the War
- James Shapiro discusses Shakespeare's productivity
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