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[close] In a series for the BBC News website, Celebrities and news-makers are grilled by Matthew Stadlen in precisely five minutes.

[close] THAMES: THE BIOGRAPHY meanders gloriously, rather like the river itself. In short, lively chapters Ackroyd writes about connections between the Thames and such historical figures as Julius Caesar and Henry VIII, and offers memorable portraits of the ordinary men and women who depend on the river for their livelihoods.