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Nick Duerden

Nick Duerden is a writer and journalist whose work has appeared on both sides of the Atlantic. He has written widely on the arts, health and family.

<p>Grounded: People are picking up health memoirs in order to feel less alone in their own issues in life </p>
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The boom in health memoirs and what they can tell us about being human

<p>Brothers in arms: At the heart of the Beatles was the fraught friendship between Paul McCartney and John Lennon</p>
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Ian Leslie on John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s ‘erotic’ bromance

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<p>Vexed virgins: incel stories are emerging as a trend in literature as new writers find inspiration in a shadowy subculture</p>
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Misogynistic and... sympathetic? Welcome to the incel age of fiction

<p>The start of something special: ‘White Teeth’ launched Zadie Smith to stratospheric heights</p>
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Zadie Smith on White Teeth, 25 years on: ‘I need to keep moving’

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<p>John le Carré’s son Nick Harkaway will revive George Smiley in a new novel</p>
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John le Carré’s son on resurrecting George Smiley after father’s death

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<p>Ian Rankin is publishing his 25th book in his Inspector Rebus series, with the latest finding his Edinburgh policeman behind bars </p>
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Ian Rankin couldn’t escape Inspector Rebus – so he put him behind bars

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<p>Dogs: a writer’s best friend – or worst enemy? </p>
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Every writer needs a dog – Karl Ove Knausgaard is wrong

<p>Novelist Christie Watson</p>
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Novelist Christie Watson on ‘literary whistleblowing’ about the NHS

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<p>Author Jennifer Belle: ‘Madonna was creative and brilliant’ </p>
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Author Jennifer Belle on her shocking new ‘Lolita in reverse’ novel

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<p>Poet Andrew McMillan releases his debut novel ‘Pity’ this week</p>
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How Andrew McMillan reclaimed his Barnsley hometown in his debut novel

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<p>Sigrid Nunez: ‘Look, like other writers, I make things up!’ </p>
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The late-life magic of novelist Sigrid Nunez

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<p>‘It’s definitely uncomfortable to be quite so candid’ </p>
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How Nina Stibbe’s marriage breakup sent her back to literary London

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<p>‘You can tell it wasn’t being manhandled by the Hollywood machine. The fact that it’s completely idiosyncratic is why it works,’ says fan Charlie Higson </p>
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The inside story of Withnail & I: ‘It was a comedy without jokes’

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The inside story of Withnail & I: ‘It was a comedy without jokes’

<p>‘You can tell it wasn’t being manhandled by the Hollywood machine. The fact that it’s completely idiosyncratic is why it works,’ says fan Charlie Higson </p>
<p>Steve Coogan’s Alan Partridge returns in the podcast ‘From the Oasthouse’, another multi-hour marathon of precision-tooled comedy from the Gibbons brothers </p>
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Alan Partridge is back again – could GB News be on the cards?

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<p>Jo Ann Beard’s ‘Cheri’ recounts the last days, minutes and seconds of a woman who elects to undergo assisted suicide </p>
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Essayist Jo Ann Beard may no longer be literature’s best kept secret

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<p>Kate Hardie: ‘I’ve always been obsessed with unlovable and unforgivable characters’ </p>
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Actor-turned-novelist Kate Hardie on writing her own trigger warnings

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<p>‘I think anger in literature is far more powerful if it remains between the lines’ </p>
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Jonathan Coe: ‘I would rather not live in interesting times, thanks’

<p>‘I think anger in literature is far more powerful if it remains between the lines’ </p>
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Jonathan Coe: ‘I would rather not live in interesting times, thanks’

<p>Books become bestsellers simply because they are by Kate Atkinson</p>
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How Kate Atkinson became our most celebrated yet enigmatic novelist

<p>‘I can’t pull off the same trick twice, so with my new book I didn’t even try’ </p>
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Andrew Sean Greer: ‘I’m just a guy who happened to win the Pulitzer’

<p>‘When I think of Trump today, I still think that it didn’t happen, that we were just on a bad trip’ </p>
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AM Homes isn’t anti-American. She just writes what she sees

<p>’There’s a feeling that I shouldn’t be afforded this kind of privilege’: Booker Prize-nominated Nick Drnaso on his new graphic novel ‘Acting Class’ </p>
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Meet Nick Drnaso, the graphic novelist who disowns his own books

<p>Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Mr Blobby, Adele, Ed Sheeran, Elton John and Rihanna</p>
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Did Ed Sheeran kill the UK Singles Chart – or was it dead already?

<p>‘Two people who fancy each other but don’t get on is funny’ </p>
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David Quantick: ‘I wanted to write the bitchiest thing imaginable’

<p>‘Boys are taught to be ambitious in whatever their profession. Every MP who came from a private school background, for example, is a failed prime minister’ </p>
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The books exposing the dark truth of UK private schools

Below the surface: a silent army of cleaners in the UK offer domestic help but often their role is far more complex and important
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I spent 18 months talking to cleaners – this is what I learnt

<p>‘Two people who fancy each other but don’t get on is funny’ </p>
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David Quantick: ‘I wanted to write the bitchiest thing imaginable’

<p>‘Boys are taught to be ambitious in whatever their profession. Every MP who came from a private school background, for example, is a failed prime minister’ </p>
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The books exposing the dark truth of UK private schools

Below the surface: a silent army of cleaners in the UK offer domestic help but often their role is far more complex and important
Voices

I spent 18 months talking to cleaners – this is what I learnt

Many homeowners would rather hire someone from Romania than Romford
The Longer Read

Dishing the dirt: How a nation came to rely on domestic help

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The Longer Read

Dishing the dirt: How a nation came to rely on domestic help

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Many homeowners would rather hire someone from Romania than Romford
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A son's journey to discover his mother's complicated past

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Confession time... TV writer Robin Green opens up in 'The Only Girl'
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Robin Green: Rolling Stone's only female writer in the 1970s

Making history: Thomas McBee was the first trans man to fight in a boxing match at Madison Square Garden
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The first trans man to box at Madison Square Garden on gender anxiety

Perrotta's stories are eminently relatable, which is one reason why so many of them have gone on to enjoy screen adaptations
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Tom Perrotta: The novelist on writing about porn

Perrotta's stories are eminently relatable, which is one reason why so many of them have gone on to enjoy screen adaptations
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Tom Perrotta: The novelist on writing about porn

The former drummer with the Kaiser Chiefs Nick Hodgson releases his solo album 'Tell Your Friends'
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The perils of going solo: Kaiser Chief Nick Hodgson is the latest

Jean Michel Jarre at his recording studio in Bougival
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Interview: French composer and music producer Jean Michel Jarre

Michael Campbell (left), Liam Fray (centre) and Daniel Moores (right) of Courteeners
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Courteeners' Liam Fray interview: I was never the new Liam Gallagher

An illustration in 'From a Dark Place: How a Family Coped with Drug Addiction' by Tony Husband and Paul Husband
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How a Private Eye cartoonist coped with his son's drug addiction

Pele was paid £120,000 by Puma to delay the kick-off of the 1970 World Cup final so that his boots were noticed
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G.O.A.T. Sneakers review: Their cultural significance is still new

Mr Rock (Henry Winkler), Hank Zipzer (Nick James) and Hayden Chase (Kylee Russell) star in ‘Hank Zipzer’s Christmas Catastrophe’
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Henry Winkler: 'It’s what I heard all my life: that I was stupid'

John Christie (1898 - 1953) leaving court in a police van after the trial accusing him of his wife's murder at 10 Rillington Place. He was later convicted of six murders including Ethel Christie and hanged in 1953
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My neighbour in Rillington Place: 'John Christie didn’t shuffle'

Lou Reed and his first wife Bettye Kronstad at the after-party following his concert at Lincoln Centre, New York, January 1973
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Lou Reed wife’s memoir: ‘I hadn’t read a book that had got him right’

Norah Jones on ‘Later with Jools Holland’
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Norah Jones: ‘I’m motivated only by having fun, by enjoying what I do’

Slaves’ Laurie Vincent and Isaac Holman
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Slaves interview: ‘You want a bit of snarl every now and then, right?’

Wolf Alice
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Wolf Alice interview

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Wolf Alice interview

Wolf Alice
Three years after being given 10 months to live, Wilko Johnson is cured of cancer, but happiness remains elusive
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Wilko Johnson on the day he was diagnosed with cancer: 'I was alive!'

Gary Barlow and Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards
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Gary Barlow on collaborating on Eddie the Eagle film

Robert Opie: 'passionate, not obsessive'
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Packaging of consumer goods is about more than branding

Bleasdale, right, says:'You would have to be a deeply unpleasant person to argue with Les about anything'
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How We Met: Les Dennis & Alan Bleasdale

Bleasdale, right, says:'You would have to be a deeply unpleasant person to argue with Les about anything'
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How We Met: Les Dennis & Alan Bleasdale

Green says: 'Science doesn't recognise gender. There is nothing intrinsically different between boys and girls. It simply comes down to culture'
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Lucie Green on counting butterflies, robot arms, and weekends at B&Q

Edwards says: 'Too much social media gives you a headache, damages your eyes. It upsets the whole system'
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Jamal Edwards on Richard Branson, bike races and living like a caveman

Dig it: young visitors at the Farm for City Children in the 1970s
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Michael Morpurgo's charity farm celebrates its 40th anniversary

Chris Isaak performs during day seven of 2013 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal
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Chris Isaak on singing about heartache for 30 years

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The soul survivor talks about her new album and new husband

Ellis, left, says of Decker: 'I value her company, her friendship. If she wasn't in my life, I'd miss her dreadfully'
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How We Met: Janet Ellis & Carol Decker

McNish says: 'YouTube can be scathing - all those comments! If I had started online rather than at arts centres, I don't think I would have had the courage to continue'
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Hollie McNish on port parties, death threats and parenthood

Conti, left, says of Kendall: 'I'm drawn to her rudeness, her sense of humour; it appeals to me, and makes me laugh'
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How We Met: Nina Conti & Sarah Kendall

Rosoff says: 'I never set out to write books for children; they just got marketed that way'
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Meg Rosoff on sexism in advertising, and why you should leave your job

Resilience: David Carson has volunteered for the UK Sepsis Trust, visiting schools to talk about his experience
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Sepsis: How flu-like symptoms can have you fighting for your life

Giddings says: 'I've always felt very fatherly towards Sharon. I suppose that's unusual in this business'
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How We Met: John Giddings & Sharon Corr

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How We Met: John Giddings & Sharon Corr

Giddings says: 'I've always felt very fatherly towards Sharon. I suppose that's unusual in this business'
Dunbar, right, says of Scully: 'I really think he is one of the greatest artists of our time. He has pursued a path entirely his own, and people all over the world understand and react to his work, not because it is simple but because he demystifies it so well'
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How We Met: Sean Scully & Adrian Dunbar

Drone deal: the Zano attracted massive funds, but products were never delivered
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Zano drone: Kickstarter is not all about dazzling success stories

Generally speaking, single people are not prepared to travel far to meet potential partners
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The 'key factor' that will help you to find the perfect relationship

Damned Reunited: when the website started, social networking was not yet a term people used
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Why many of us still carry a torch for Friends Reunited

Damned Reunited: when the website started, social networking was not yet a term people used
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Why many of us still carry a torch for Friends Reunited

Ronson says: 'Everyone falls for her: Amy Schumer is a huge fan. It's wonderful to watch a city fall in love with her'
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How We Met: Jon Ronson & Maeve Higgins

The cover of David Bowie's Aladdin Sane album has become one of the most enduring images of the late artist
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Bowie's death has shown how streaming music changed the industry

Big Boss is watching you: there is no clear line between acceptable and unacceptable levels of surveillance
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Staff surveillance: Is the answer to take your own devices into work?

The founders of the Women's Equality Party; Catherine Mayer, Sandi Toksvig and Sophie Walker
UK Politics

Women's Equality Party part-funded by donation from male entrepreneur

Sisters in arms: (from left) Catherine Mayer, Sandi Toksvig and Sophie Walker, founders of the Women's Equality Party
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Can the Women's Equality Party make an impression at the ballet box?

Ratboy, aka Jordan Cardie. Ratboy is a musician from Chelmsford, Esse
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Singer-songwriter RatBoy is bringing back nineties music

Sir Mark, left, says: ‘Ian achieved everything in his life through hard work, which is admirable.’
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How We Met: Sir Mark Tully & Ian Jack

Christie, left, says of Isy: ‘I'm quite in awe of her talents, really. She's a brilliant musician, actor, stand-up’
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How We Met: Bridget Christie & Isy Suttie

Bring out the wimp: Jeff Kinney with Greg
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Jeff Kinney has sold 150 million copies

Garrett with his girlfriend, who goes by the name of Sqaishey Quark
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Stampy's Lovely Book set to top the Christmas bestseller lists

Lady in red: Enya is releasing a new album for the first time in seven years
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Enya on being stalked and why she is single

Grease is the word: John Newman
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John Newman on his new album and his fear of failure

I am what I am: Conchita Wurst
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Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst is releasing her debut album

James Morrison was 21 when he released his debut album, Undiscovered. He had an appealingly raspy voice – the result of whooping cough as a baby – which helped lift his songs from the humdrum towards the memorable
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James Morrison reveals how he overcame his demons

Leonardo di Caprio as Jay Gatsby
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A new breed of 'wealth therapists' is here to help the super rich

Hansard photographed in London’s Soho last month
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Glen Hansard on finding fame in The Commitments and Once

James Morrison was 21 when he released his debut album, Undiscovered. He had an appealingly raspy voice – the result of whooping cough as a baby – which helped lift his songs from the humdrum towards the memorable
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James Morrison reveals how he overcame his demons

Leonardo di Caprio as Jay Gatsby
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A new breed of 'wealth therapists' is here to help the super rich

Hansard photographed in London’s Soho last month
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Glen Hansard on finding fame in The Commitments and Once

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Why Spector's Fred Macpherson is singing the social media blues

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The Maccabees on Marks to Prove It, Motown and making a documentary

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The Maccabees on Marks to Prove It, Motown and making a documentary

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Jo Hartley & Michael Smiley: 'We went to the house he has in France to

Campbell Moore, left, says: 'We were very good at wasting our time'
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How We Met: Stephen Campbell Moore & Dominic Cooper

Poster boy: Donovan in 1965
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Donovan 50 years in folk: Singer releasing greatest hits album

Frontman Olly Alexander, bassist Mikey Goldsworthy and synth player Emre Turkmen of Years and Years
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Years & Years: From feeling like the weird kid at school and studying

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Frank Turner interview: 'I had death threats, people sending my

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