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Authors talking to David Freeman about their books. Most of the conversations are from David’s personal archive that have been collected over the past 40 years.
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Thursday May 13, 2021
Thursday May 13, 2021
John Lloyd and John Mitchinson are the minds behind the TV show QI, and in this episode introduce their Book of General Ignorance.
The original chair of QI was Stephen Fry and he was replaced by Sandi Toksvig. Here she introduces her story Melted into Air.
Journalist Jon Ronson explains how he researched his amazing book 'Them - Adventures with Extremists' and philosopher Simon Blackburn explores the notion of being good. The interview was recorded 20 years ago but the quandaries remain just the same.
Wednesday May 12, 2021
Wednesday May 12, 2021
In The Author Archive Podcast 2 John Le Carre talks about writing politics , and Mallory Blackman explains the political thinking behind Noughts and Crosses.
Maggie Gee gives the background to her novel The White Family that endeavours to explain prejudice and on the frothy side Jilly Cooper gives more background to how life might be in the English counties.
The episode concludes with two views of the Court of King Henry VIII, Philippa Gregory discusses her book about 'The Other Boleyn Girl' and Alison Weir explains how the king was totally surrounded by the people of the court all the time!