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Sandi Toksvig on new book set in Boer War and her play Bully Boy

Sandi Toksvig tells us about her new novel Valentine Grey and a play she has written called Bully Boy.

The book looks at how the character of Valentine Grey, goes to South Africa disguised as a man to fight in the Boer War.

Sandi says it is a classic story of a woman constrained by Victorian society.

Sandi has also written her own play about post-war trauma called 'Bully Boy.'

The book 'Valentine Grey' is out now and Bully Boy is on at St James Theatre in the West End until Saturday.

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