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Listen up: a conversation special

A special issue of the Guardian's Weekend magazine, featuring conversations with Bernie Sanders, Spike Lee, Kate Tempest, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, George Osborne, Yuval Noah Harari, Caroline Lucas and Michael Morpurgo. Plus the art of letter writing, how to be a better listener, and writers interview their grandparents

  • Elizabeta Moldovan, 80, and her granddaughter Alexandra Jones.

    Conversations with grandma: 'When are you going to get married?'

  • Partners Neil Baker and Shenelle Thomas, talking on the street in Manchester

    What are you talking about? Real people, interrupted

  • letter writing

    From me, with love: the lost art of letter writing

  • Writing letter to a friend

    Tell us about the letter or conversation that changed your life

  • Caroline Lucas meets Michael Morpurgo: ‘You were our hero’

  • Phoebe Waller-Bridge meets Kate Tempest: ‘Fleabag said how I was feeling about sex’

  • Bernie Sanders meets Spike Lee: ‘Where do we go? Where is the hope?’

  • George Osborne meets Yuval Noah Harari: ‘I didn’t show enough vulnerability’

  • Woman whispering in man's ear

    How to be a good listener: the experts' guide

    Step one: stop talking. From that friend in need to your nightmare colleague, here’s how to hear and make a difference
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