Christopher Frayling, Professor Emeritus at the Royal College of Art, and broadcaster Nikki Bedi talk to Harriett Gilbert about the books they love. Christopher's recommendation is a passionate political polemic: Ill Fares The Land: A Treatise On Our Present Discontents, by Tony Judt. Nikki picks The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, the story of a boy growing up in an Indian family in America.Harriett's choice is the first in the celebrated Tales of the City series by Armistead Maupin.Producer: Beth O'Dea First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.
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Folge vom 25.10.2011Christopher Frayling and Nikki Bedi
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Folge vom 18.10.2011Rick Stein and Michael DobbsChef Rick Stein and Michael Dobbs, author of House of Cards, recommend favourite books to presenter Harriett Gilbert. Rick Stein talks about Lifting the Latch (A Life on the Land) by Sheila Stewart, which he enjoyed because it's set in the area of Oxfordshire in which he was born and spent his childhood. The true-life story of rural labourer Mont Abbott, It's been described as a rival to Lark Rise of Candleford.Lord Dobbs' choice is Train to Trieste by Domnica Radulescu, a powerful love story set in Ceausescu's Romania.Then Harriett Gilbert brings something completely different to the table: Farewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler.Producer: Beth O'DeaFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2011.
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Folge vom 11.10.2011Mary Beard & Bidisha at The Cheltenham Literature FestivalThe classicist Mary Beard and writer Bidisha talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books, in an edition recorded in front of an audience at the Cheltenham Literature Festival.Books discussed:The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood PublisherCold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons PublisherThe Odyssey by Homer PublisherProducer: Beth O'DeaFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2011.
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Folge vom 04.10.2011Michael Morpurgo and Sara MaitlandFormer Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo joins short story writer Sara Maitland and presenter Harriett Gilbert to talk about the books they love, and share their enthusiasm for their choices. Their favourite books cover the globe from Venezuela to Edinburgh to Steep in Hampshire, where Michael Morpurgo and the subject of his book both lived. He chooses Under Storm's Wing by Helen Thomas, a collection of her memoirs and letters about life with one of Britain's best-loved poets. Sara Maitland's book, House-Bound by Winifred Peck, is described by all three as a real oddity, a book unlike any other - but a rather good oddity. And Harriett Gilbert picks The Sickness by Alberto Barrera Tyszka, a slender novel about a man with a terminal illness, which turns out to be surprisingly gripping. Producer: Beth O'DeaFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.