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Harriett Gilbert

Verity Sharp

Matthew Syed

Beth O'Dea

A Good Read: Verity Sharp and Matthew Syed

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Verity Sharp with Derek Walmsley

20/06/2017

Verity Sharp and Matthew Syed

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Harriett Gilbert talks favourite books with Verity Sharp and Matthew Syed.

Harriett Gilbert talks favourite books with presenter Verity Sharp and author Matthew Syed, including the influential The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono.

Harriett Gilbert talks favourite books with music presenter Verity Sharp and table tennis champion turned author Matthew Syed. Their books are The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono, Anglo-Saxon Attitudes by Angus Wilson and Chéri by Colette. These spark deeply-felt argument over whether planting trees can save the earth and also insights into the ideal of getting back to the land, the process of ageing for women who've lived by their looks and the peculiar nature of British reserve as observed by the son of an immigrant. Books as the jumping-off point for ideas..
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