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43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Lively and diverse conversation as Libby Purves meets crossword setter John Halpern, historian and travel writer John Julius Norwich, journalist Mary Kenny and actor Imogen Stubbs. Show more
Lady Diana Cooper writes to her son at boarding school with news about the impending war and plans to evacuate. Read by John Julius Norwich and Patricia Hodge. Show more
Lady Diana sets up a smallholding in Sussex for the war effort. She will not dig for victory, but will milk a cow for cheese. Read by John Julius Norwich and Patricia Hodge. Show more
Lady Diana moves into the French embassy, along with her husband the politician Duff Cooper and his lover Louise de Vilmorin. Their parties become legendary. Read by Patricia Hodge. Show more
Duff and Diana continue their travels. At home in 1949, all hopes are on the dawn of a new era. Read by John Julius Norwich. Show more
John Julius is now a student at Oxford, while his mother Lady Diana continues to live in France. Her husband Duff is offered a peerage. Read by Patricia Hodge. Show more
A revealing documentary looking at the abdication crisis of 1936 through the eyes of the two women at its very heart, in a series of dramatised monologues set in 1967. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Anne McElvoy considers Sicily as the island's multifaceted history is celebrated at the British Museum. Plus Tom Stoppard talking about 175 years of the London Library. Show more
