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Alexander Waugh and Xanthe Clay

4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Alexander Waugh and Xanthe Clay discuss books by VS Naipaul, Jane Grigson and Virginia Woolf. From 2011.

Harriett Gilbert talks to Alexander Waugh and Xanthe Clay about their favourite books.

Letters Between a Father and Son by VS Naipaul
Publisher: Picador

Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book by Jane Grigson
Publisher: Penguin

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
Publisher: Penguin

Producer Beth O'Dea

First broadcast on 91热爆 Radio 4 in 2011.

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30 minutes

Last on

Tue 26 Jan 2021 00:30

Broadcasts

  • Tue 26 Jul 2011 16:30
  • Fri 29 Jul 2011 23:00
  • Mon 25 Jan 2021 18:30
  • Tue 26 Jan 2021 00:30

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