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Stephen Fry: We all just need to grow up
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Fry details why modern culture is immature and explains why we must think for ourselves.
  1. Stephen Fry: We all just need to grow up
    03:18
    Stephen Fry: We all just need to grow up
    View More From Stephen Fry, Bettany Hughes, Lawrence Krauss and Martin Rees
  2. Bettany Hughes: Why we tell ourselves stories
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    Bettany Hughes: Why we tell ourselves stories
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  3. Stephen Fry: The Enlightenment bit itself on the backside
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    Stephen Fry: The Enlightenment bit itself on the backside
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  4. Colm Tóibín: I try to escape it but my past always ends up in my books
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    Colm Tóibín: I try to escape it but my past always ends up in my books
  5. Tracey Emin's proudest moment
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    Tracey Emin's proudest moment
  6. Lemn Sissay: Why foster care kids make great heroes
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    Lemn Sissay: Why foster care kids make great heroes
  7. Graham Norton: I don't think critics expected my book to be good
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    Graham Norton: I don't think critics expected my book to be good
  8. Frank Cotterell Boyce: How culture works
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    Frank Cotterell Boyce: How culture works
  9. Colm Tóibín: I had to build up to the idea of a son killing his mother
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    Colm Tóibín: I had to build up to the idea of a son killing his mother
  10. Jeanette Winterson: We all need an education in love
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    Jeanette Winterson: We all need an education in love
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    Stephen Fry: Prepare for a technological reformation
  12. Tracey Emin: The Tent was misunderstood
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    Tracey Emin: The Tent was misunderstood
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