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Shelf Life: Tamsin Greig

Tamsin Greig is so busy at the moment that Debbie Aldridge, the character she plays in The Archers, has to spend most of her time in Hungary. Star of TV shows like Black Books, Green Wing and Episodes, Tamsin Greig is also an accomplished stage actress and is about to reprise her role in Jumpy at The Duke of York in the West End. She tells us about her love for Seamus Heaney and Jackie Magazine.

1) What are you reading at the moment?     

Under The Same Stars by Tim Lott and Collected Poems by Wendy Cope

2) As a child, what did you read under the covers?

Jackie magazine

3) Has a book ever made you cry, and if so which one?

 The Road by Cormac McCarthy

4) You are about to be put into solitary confinement for a year and allowed to take three books.

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