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Lockdown letters | We’ve asked a bunch of brilliant people – a poet, a chef, an actor, a refugee, a musician, a barrister, a comedian – to write a letter and read it out. We didn’t specify what it should be about, but asked them to tell us one thing they’re thinking about in lockdown. They’re letters; you can read them. But, better still, you can listen to each person read them to you.

The hilltop graves

The hilltop graves

In a quiet corner of the French Alps, two resistance fighters lost their lives to the Nazis. Recently, Janine di Giovanni has been visiting their resting place – and remembering



Read the full transcript of Janine’s letter here.


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Youtube reveries

Youtube reveries

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