Kate Clanchy and Michael Dixon
4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Kate Clanchy and Michael Dixon discuss books by Neil Astley, Paul Torday and H Rider Haggard. From 2009.
Sue MacGregor and her guests - poet, Kate Clanchy and director of the Natural History Museum, Sir Michael Dixon discuss their favourite paperbacks by Neil Astley, Paul Torday and H Rider Haggard.
Kate's choice: Staying Alive by Neil Astley
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
Michael's choice: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday
Publisher: Phoenix
Sue's choice: King Solomon's Mines by H Rider Haggard
Publisher: Penguin Classics
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in November 2009.
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