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"I didn't realise how quietly rebellious I was being"
View More From Digging In: How Our Food Shapes Our Lives
Grace Dent says she wants to write about food in a way that applies to everyone
  1. "I didn't realise how quietly rebellious I was being"
    02:15
    "I didn't realise how quietly rebellious I was being"
    View More From Digging In: How Our Food Shapes Our Lives
  2. "I'd only read a handful of recipe books when I was asked to write one"
    02:17
    "I'd only read a handful of recipe books when I was asked to write one"
    View More From Digging In: How Our Food Shapes Our Lives
  3. Digging In: How Our Food Shapes Our Lives
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    Digging In: How Our Food Shapes Our Lives
    View More From Digging In: How Our Food Shapes Our Lives
  4. 鈥淏oth me and him were in tears鈥�
    01:45
    鈥淏oth me and him were in tears鈥�
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    A Big Book Chat with Val McDermid
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    30:32
    A Big Book Weekend chat with Douglas Stuart
  7. "It was an all-consuming masculinity"
    02:38
    "It was an all-consuming masculinity"
  8. 鈥淏lack fatherhood is definitely something we don鈥檛 see enough鈥�
    02:06
    鈥淏lack fatherhood is definitely something we don鈥檛 see enough鈥�
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    New Heroes: A Search For Role Models In Difficult Times
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    "It made it acceptable to talk about kinky sex"
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