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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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Jul 23, 2021
Jul 23, 2021
29 min
David Freeman in conversation with Iranian German film maker Siba Shakib when her best selling book 'Afghanistan, Where God Only Comes to Weep ' was first published in 2002.
So much of what Saba Shakib says is still very relevant and casts a light on the current situation.
May 22, 2021
May 22, 2021
43 min
The conversations in this episode were recorded in the Langham Hotel in West London 20 years ago.
Mark Bowden recounts the life of the mega rich drug dealer Pablo Escobar in his book 'Killing Pablo'.
Mark Bowden's book is a type of biography and following that Peter Ackroyd tells David Freeman about his fascinating biography of London.
A different dimension of London's history is told by Liza Pickard in her book 'Dr. Johnson's London'.
Finally the award winning journalist Christina Lamb tells the remarkable story of a rich eccentric who a hundred years ago built a replica of an English country house in the middle of Africa. 'The Africa House' is a an astonishing true story that would make an amazing film.