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    Arifa Akbar and Ruth Scurr on the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist

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    Serhii Plokhii and Antony Beevor on Ukraine

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    Read Smart on Life Under Dictatorships

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    25 Years of the Baillie Gifford Prize

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    Craig Brown on Bringing Humor to Writing About The Beatles

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    James Shapiro: Shakespeare Was NOT More Than One Person

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    On the “Peace” Conference That Changed the 20th Century

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    “Born in Sin.” Patrick Radden Keefe Talks Narrative Nonfiction

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    From “Let It Be” to “To Be or Not to Be.” On the Baillie Gifford Prize Winner of Winners shortlist

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    Is Shakespeare the Ultimate Dead White Male?

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    Hallie Rubenhold on Winning and Writing History

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