Lively and diverse conversation as Libby Purves meets author Nicholas Shakespeare, singer-songwriter Dillie Keane and cartoonist Annie Tempest. Show more

Mark D'Arcy in discussion with author Nicholas Shakespeare about his book Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister.

A re-appraisal of the life and work of travel writer and novelist Bruce Chatwin, as his biographer Nicholas Shakespeare reveals where his fiction meets the truth of his life. Show more

Documentary marking travel writer Bruce Chatwin's legacy. Nicholas Shakespeare visits Africa, South America and Australia, meeting Werner Herzog and Patrick Leigh Fermor. Show more

The war is over but is that an end to all of Priscilla’s dramas and privations? Read by her author nephew, Nicholas Shakespeare. Show more

Teenage Priscilla flees to Paris with problems and meets gallant Robert. Read by her author nephew, Nicholas Shakespeare. Show more

Priscilla is ordered to the police station by a gendarme in wartime Paris. Read by her author nephew, Nicholas Shakespeare. Show more

Priscilla’s closest wartime friend gathers more facts in the Bodleian library. Read by her author nephew, Nicholas Shakespeare. Show more

4 Extra Debut. The author's family have views about Priscilla's life. So how will he piece it together in a book? Read by Nicholas Shakespeare. From January 2014. Show more