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Sheena McDonald & Chris Woodhead

28/08/2001

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Sheena McDonald and Chris Woodhead discuss John Cowper Powys, Edward Platt, Peter Novick.

Sheena McDonald and Chris Woodhead join Matthew Parris to discuss John Cowper Powys, Edward Platt and Peter Novick. From August 2001.

Matthew Parris and his guests broadcaster Sheena McDonald and former chief inspector of schools Chris Woodhead discuss favourite books by John Cowper Powys, Edward Platt and Peter Novick. From 2001.

Books discussed:
Wolf Solant by John Cowper Powys
Pub: Penguin

Holocaust and Collective Memory by Peter Novick
Pub: Bloomsbury

Leadville by Edward Platt
Pub: Picador.

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