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Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

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Great Lives: Episode 6: Katherine Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield

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Episode 6: Katherine Mansfield

BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Katherine Mansfield

Jacqueline Wilson chooses the writer Katherine Mansfield. With Angela Smith as witness.

4 Extra Debut. Jacqueline Wilson chooses the writer Katherine Mansfield. With Angela Smith as witness. Presented by Matthew Parris. From January 2008.

Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris.

6/7. Children's author Jacqueline Wilson nominates short story writer Katherine Mansfield for greatness. She is joined by biographer Prof Angela Smith to assess the impact of Mansfield's brilliant but tragically short career.

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