A Good Read

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A Good Read: Adam Hart-Davis and Sue Blackmore

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Adam Hart-Davis and Sue Blackmore

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Sue Blackmore and Adam Hart-Davis join Harriett Gilbert  to discuss favourite books.

Harriett Gilbert, Adam Hart-Davis and Sue Blackmore discuss books by Chiara Frugoni, Rachel Joyce and Diana Athill.  From 2015.

Psychologist Sue Blackmore and her husband - broadcaster and historian of inventions - Adam Hart-Davis join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Chiara Frugoni, Rachel Joyce and Diana Athill.   

 
Inventions of The Middle Ages by Chiara Frugoni 
Translated by William McCuaig
Publisher:  Folio Society

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce 
Publisher: Black Swan

Somewhere Towards The End by Diana Athill 
Publisher: Granta


First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2015.

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