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boss of a growing bookshop empire, is a leader of this counter revolution. hes made buying physical books cool on both sides of the atlantic. how? james daunt, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i used to use paper cash. i pretty much dont anymore. i used to write checks in a checkbook. i certainly dont do that anymore. why are you so convinced that iwill, still, continue to use ink on paper, physical books, for years to come? books remain, i think, by far and away the most pleasurable wa...

of mariupol has been condemned by ukraine. an aide to president zelensky called the russian president, a criminal returning to the crime scene. it was the first time mr putin had been to a newly—occupied ukrainian territory. now on bbc news — hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. in a world fixated with the unstoppable march of the digital revolution, its kind of refreshing to look at whats happening in the old school business of selling books. ink on paper has not been...

The point that acting is such a precarious profession now that, frankly, for many actors its only possible to be in the profession if they are backed by wealthy parents or if they have some sort of support network. the danger is that is true of writers as well. and it might mean, and according to some writers it does mean, that increasingly you get white middle class writers dominating this creative space. do you see that? im not sure i do. i see, for example, i think translated fiction has grow...

Many of the bestselling authors that we would immediately trip out of our would be adichie, would be zadie smith, would be salman rushdie. they say bernardine evaristo, who appeared on this programme not very long ago. these are major talents. i think talent is what is will out. well and its great that you feel so optimistic, so positive. bernardine evaristo says this. she says the publishing industry, which is central to this whole debate, is still run by predominantly white, middle class demog...

Many of the bestselling authors that we would immediately trip out of our would be adichie, would be zadie smith, would be salman rushdie. they say bernardine evaristo, who appeared on this programme not very long ago. these these are major talents. i think talent is what is will out well and its great that you feel so optimistic, so positive. bernardine evaristo says this. she says the publishing industry, which is central to this whole debate, is still run by predominantly white, middle class ...

Been in one of those. she is actually sitting in some ivory tower, probably scrolling the best seller list of amazon. and we talk to actors now and again, and some actors make the point that acting is such a precarious profession now that, frankly, for many actors its only possible to be in the profession if they are backed by wealthy parents or if they have some sort of support network. the danger is that is true of writers as well. and it might mean, and according to some writers it does mean,...

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