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On my radar: Sophie Dahl’s cultural highlights

The author and former model on Ali Wong’s irreverence, Claire Dederer’s wild child memoir and singing along to Hamilton

Born in London in 1977, Sophie Dahl started her career as a model, appearing in campaigns for Versace, Alexander McQueen and Yves Saint-Laurent’s Opium. In 2003, she published her first book, the bestselling illustrated novella The Man With the Dancing Eyes, followed in 2007 by Playing With the Grown-ups. She has published three cookery books and in 2010 presented BBC Two’s cookery series The Delicious Miss Dahl. Her latest children’s book, Madame Badobedah, illustrated by Lauren O’Hara, is published by Walker Books on 3 October.

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