
“I’ve got a few of these stories”: An afternoon with Clive James, Tom Stoppard and Julian Barnes
A party at Clive James’s house turned into a symposium between three of our greatest writers and talkers. We…
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A party at Clive James’s house turned into a symposium between three of our greatest writers and talkers. We…
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