A Good Read Folgen

Chief Executive of Oxfam Barbara Stocking, and historian Lucy Worsley discuss their favourite paperbacks with Harriett Gilbert.Barbara's choice is Antonia Fraser's intimate portrait of her relationship with Harold Pinter: Must You Go.Lucy's book is a kitchen classic: Food in England by Dorothy Hartley.Harriett's choice is the seedy crime thriller that gave us the malevolent character Pinkie: Brighton Rock by Graham Greene.Producer: Toby Field.

Journalist, Rachel Johnson, and journalist/broadcaster Martin Kelner join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Beth Gutcheon, Norman Collins and Beryl Bainbridge. Rachel's choice is about every parent's worst nightmare - the disappearance of a child: Still Missing by Beth Gutcheon.Martin opts for a weighty story of the capital city and its characters during the Second World War: London Belongs to Me by Norman Collins.Harriett's choice is the witty and poignant tale of two women, desperately seeking love, lust and wine: The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge.First broadcast on Radio 4 in November 2011.

Harriett Gilbert is joined by award-winning singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot and computer games industry pioneer Peter Molyneux to discuss their favourite books.Nerina's choice is an elegiac story of loss and life - The Sportswriter, by Richard Ford.Peter has picked the gripping and intimate father-son story - The Road, by Cormac McCarthy.Harriett's book is an intriguing and occasionally torrid collection of short stories - The Ballad of the Sad Café, by Carson McCullers.Producer: Toby FieldFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.