In a series from ZSL London Zoo, Matthew Sweet is joined by Margaret Drabble, Iain Sinclair and Jonathan Powell to discuss Angus Wilson's 1961 novel The Old Men at the Zoo. Show more
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Open Book
Margaret Drabble, Louis de Bernieres, Literary prizes, Wyl Menmuir on fictional islands
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Mariella Frostrup talks to Margaret Drabble about her new novel The Dark Flood Rises. Show more
Open Book
Margaret Drabble on her novel The Pure Gold Baby, and Sebastian Faulks and Helen Dunmore on WWI novels
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Margaret Drabble talks about her latest novel; Sebastian Faulks and Helen Dunmore on WWI novels; and Dedicated to... the wonderful things people write in books to their loved ones. Show more
A Good Read
Shirley Williams and Margaret Drabble
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
4 Extra Debut. Shirley Williams, Margaret Drabble and Harriett Gilbert on books by Winifred Holtby, Mary McCarthy and James Joyce. From 2015. Show more
Woman's Hour
Syria's refugees; Influence of Song Lyrics; Nell Dunn and Margaret Drabble
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Conditions for Syrian refugees, Kath Mainland on the Edinburgh Fringe, Nell Dunn on Up the Junction, and what influence do song lyrics have on teenagers' attitudes and behaviour? Show more
Woman's Hour
Margaret Hodge; Dame Margaret Drabble; Casting the larger actress; Peace activist Isabella Ford
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Margaret Hodge MP on being chair of the Public Accounts Committee; Dame Margaret Drabble and Black Country women; Casting the larger actress; Peace activist Isabella Ford. Show more
Woman's Hour
Sleeplessness and new mothers, Margaret Drabble on Janet Frame, Are high street prices sexist?
54 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Margaret Drabble celebrates the New Zealand author Janet Frame. How serious is sleeplessness after birth? And why do pink razors always cost more? Show more
Woman's Hour
Learning English to integrate; Living with less stuff; Illness and friends
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Would insisting more Muslim women learn English encourage better integration? Plus living a decluttered life, long-term illness and friendships, and Margaret Drabble on Janet Frame. Show more
Free Thinking
Breaking Free: Robert Musil's The Man Without Qualities
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
William Boyd, Margaret Drabble and Philipp Blom join Matthew Sweet to discuss one of the masterpieces of 20th-century European fiction, Robert Musil's The Man Without Qualities. Show more
Desert Island Discs
Margaret Drabble
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Margaret Drabble. Show more