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You can learn a great deal about somebody from the books they read. Take a listen to storytellers and celebrities as they invite you inside the library of their life. Which books make them cry? What is currently on their bedside table? Which novel do they wish they had read as a child? Which books could they not do without?
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Wednesday Oct 30, 2019
Wednesday Oct 30, 2019
Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge and a prominent household name in the UK having written numerous books and made many documentaries about Ancient Rome. Host Rupert Hawksley spoke to the British National Treasure about her early obsession with a frightening tale, the changing meaning of Jane Eyre and her allegiance to Germaine Greer.
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