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Playlist-style category page for biography, gathering 6 Book Bag videos into one searchable site section.
1:03:10
Hans Holbein's masterpieces are world-renowned, but who was the man behind those brilliantly observed portraits of the Tudor court? Elizabeth Goldring drops into the Book Bag to discuss her marvellous new biography.
1:28:09
Did Jane Austen ever fall in love? Paula Byrne joins me in the Book Bag to discuss all things Austen and her excellent new novel 'Six Weeks By the Sea', an ingenious spin on the author's life.
1:07:04
Seize the day! Why Roman poet Horace still rocks A lover of wine (Nunc est bibendum), women and the peaceful life, Horace had to tread carefully around Augustus Caesar.
1:07:24
Suzi interviews George Orwell biographer, critic and novelist DJ Taylor about his methods, motivations and insights.
1:03:09
Journalist, activist and novelist Paul Burston returns to the Book Bag to discuss his hard-hitting but glitzy memoir 'We Can Be Heroes' and what it means to be a 'Method fan
21:31
Suzi reviews the latest biography of Nick Drake.
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