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Adam Leslie has always wandered among stories – daydreaming them, curating them, and now...

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Profiles

Character of Mr Hitchens

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Ever wondered about the man singing on Cornmarket Street? Meet Richard

Adam Leslie: ‘It felt like an ongoing adventure with characters I knew. That’s when writing became a language of its own’

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