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Just before his presentation at the Cheltenham festival, Nicholas talks about how the two world wars gave the British a perfect platform to exercise intrigue, trickery, delusion, subterfuge even play acting in the most tragic of theatres.
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In this audio interview he tells Nicola Barranger about the joy of the language in this early Shakespeare comedy and the delight of working with the theatre’s Director Emeritus Sir Peter Hall. He begins by outlining the basic plot of the play.
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Brad Cohen is on a mission to make classical music less elitist and more enjoyable to a wider audience. He claims that use of film and the internet is only the beginning in a journey of turning an evening at the opera or a concert a much more relaxed affair.
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Following the huge success of The Yacoubian Building Egyptian writer Alaa al
Aswany talks about his new novel Chicago
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In her book Stranger in the House, Julie Summers talks to those whose lives were affected by returning servicemen after World War – just some of 4 million ex-servicemen who had to adjust to life in “Civvy Street” after World War II.
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In this audio interview, Charles Boyle tells Nicola Barranger how a small legacy from a deceased uncle led to a large interest in his first novel – which Bloomsbury have now republished.
24 for 3 has been awarded the McKitterick Prize 2008.
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Listen to Kate Summerscale explaining to Nicola Barranger what happened that fateful night and her feeling about the story now.
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With wartime tragedies resonating in the valleys, insensitive Americans for landlords and a gardener who is arguably the right side of creative madness, The Standing Pool is rich in metaphors about modern day colonialism.
Click to hear the Adam Thorpe interview
Mohammed Hanif explains how he could get away with poking fun at General Zia ul-Haq of Pakistan.
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Patrick McGrath talks to Nicola Barranger about the themes and inspirations behind his new novel Trauma.
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Freelance writer Simon Garfield “comes out” in his latest book The Error World – an Affair with Stamps- and confesses to a lifelong philatelic obsession. Garfield’s book is a memoir of a life dominated by collecting things.
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In a video interview Mavis Cheek explains that her 13th work is a departure from her traditional novel of modern manners. She explain that Amenable Women is about two ladies separated by 500 years – one a wife of the notorious Henry VIII of England and the other a modern widow who wants to re-dress her poor reputation.
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As Rachel Billington explains in this video, her latest work examines conflicting worlds crashing together in one family, itself anything but harmonious.
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Kate Mosse talks to Nicola Barranger about her new novel Sepulchre.
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Maggie Gee gives Nicola Barranger an insight to what’s in store for the two books she is currently working on and her latest release The White Family.
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Zina Rohan talks to Nicola Barranger about her latest novel The Officer's Daughter.
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Marilyn Scott, director of the new Lightbox in Woking Surrey, explains the thinking behind the new Art Gallery and Museum.
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As BBC Radio 4 celebrates its 40th birthday, historian David Hendy tells Nicola Barranger about his new book.
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Nicola Benedetti tells Nicola Barranger about the huge pressures on her time, the problems of choosing what to record, and how much her inter-continental family heritage touches on her music.
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The UK's leading playwright of black issues tells Nicola Barranger about his latest work Statement of Regret which has just opened at London's National Theatre.
Click to hear the Kwame Kwei-Armah interview
Michael Billington reflects over some of the 8000+ first nights he has attended and highlights a few of his favourite shows.
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Robert Mack talks to Nicola Barranger about the new Tim Burton Movie Sweeney Todd and the republishing of the original 19th century novel.
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Michael Palin talks about his extensive travel writing career, about acting and explains why he supports the Right To Read Campaign for RNIB.
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In this interview Ruth Rendell told Nicola Barranger that NOT being a writer was never an option for her.
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