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Start the Week

Hay Festival - Dickens in the 21st centuryHay Festival - Dickens in the 21st century

Released On: 29 May 2023

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Tom Sutcliffe talks to Barbara Kingsolver, Michael Rosen and Natalie Haynes.

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