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Simon McBurney on visiting the Amazon
The director talks about visiting the rainforest ahead of the production of his new play
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    Simon McBurney on visiting the Amazon
  2. Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
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    Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
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  4. Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
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    Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
  5. Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
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    Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
  6. Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet
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    Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet
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    Jazz Line-Up: Darius Brubeck Quartet
  8. Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet
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    Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet
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    Juliette Binoche on why she hasn't embraced Hollywood
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  11. Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
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    Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
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