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1970s
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How a 685-entry competition brought Ruth Rogers to Paris
Shami Chakrabarti on her earliest political memory of walking to the electric chair
Diana Athill on discovering the facts of life at age 11 in a book by Mary Stopes
Kyffin Williams on cutting holes in his own paintings with a Stanley knife
Jackie Stewart on learning about timing from a deer stalker on Loch Lomond
Catherine Bramwell-Booth on marching cadets into the Silver Town explosion
How Nellie Wallace's rude noises inspired Alec Guinness to become an actor
Melvyn Bragg on being addicted to reading anything from sauce bottles to the Old Testament
How a quiet Sherlock Holmes trip to Switzerland became a world story for Paul Gore-Booth