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Simon Mayo Drivetime: With debut author Clare Furniss

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With debut author Clare Furniss

19/05/2014

BBC Radio 2 - Simon Mayo Drivetime, With debut author Clare Furniss

It's another Book Club on Drivetime, this time featuring debut author Clare Furniss.

Book Club on Drivetime features debut author Clare Furniss revealing the inspiration for her much heralded book The Year of the Rat. Plus Simon speaks to guitarist Martin Simpson.

Book Club on Drivetime featured debut author Clare Furniss revealing the inspiration behind her much heralded book The Year Of The Rat. Plus multi-award winning guitarist Martin Simpson talked about the Guitar Season on BBC Radio 2. Rebecca had the top business stories including Paul Kavanagh of investment bank Killik Capital analysing AstraZenaca's rejection of Pfizer's latest takeover bid and she discovered the country has once again re-discovered the skill and creativity of sewing with Fiona Pullen, the founder of the Sewing Directory. Matt had the Monday sports round-up including the appointment of Louis Van Gaal as manager of Manchester United - with former assistant coach Mike Phelan. Sally had the all-important travel updates plus there was an exam related confession but this time its the invigilator who has to unburden to The Collective! And listener Andrew Woodward of Glastonbury responded to the Homework Sucks question by revealing the numbers on a dartboard are arranged in a seemingly random way in order to eliminate the element of luck from the game.

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