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How to Write a Book - Dr Martin Johnes—Hay Essays: How to Write a Book
4/5 Dr Martin Johnes discusses the art of making statistics and figures worth reading.
How to Write a Book - Scarlett Thomas—Hay Essays: How to Write a Book
5/5 At 2017's Hay Festival, author Scarlett Thomas talks about how to write a book.
How to Write a Book - Philippe Sands—Hay Essays: How to Write a Book
2/5 International lawyer and author Philippe Sands explains how he writes a book.
How to Write a Book: Daniel Hahn—Hay Essays: How to Write a Book
1/5 Daniel Hahn talks about translation and writing a book that has been written before.
How to Write a Book - Sarah Harper—Hay Essays: How to Write a Book
3/5 Gerontologist and ageing expert Sarah Harper talks about the accessibility of academia.
Women's Work—True Venetian
5/5 Focusing on the numerous female artisans who once serviced the Venetian textile industry.
Exhibitions and Exhibitionism—True Venetian
4/5 Polly Coles discusses the work of the many Venetian artists revitalising the city today.
Import/Export—True Venetian
3/5 Polly Coles discusses Venice and ideas of flight, exile, discrimination and art.
True Venetian Islanders—True Venetian
2/5 How the geography of Venice has allowed segregated and separate communities to evolve.
Making up the City—True Venetian
1/5 Polly Coles on Venetian artists who have engaged with their home in a modern spirit.