Laura Thompson & Mary Kenny
4 Extra Debut. Rosie Boycott, Laura Thompson and Mary Kenny discuss books by Muriel Spark, Diana Mosley and Nicholas Monsarrat. From December 2002.
Rosie Boycott and her guests, biographer and greyhound fancier, Laura Thompson and newspaper columnist Mary Kenny discuss books by Muriel Spark, Diana Mosley and Nicholas Monsarrat. From 2002.
Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark
Publisher: Penguin
A Life of Contrasts - The autobiography of Diana Mosley
Publisher: Gibson Square
Kapillan of Malta by Nicholas Monsarrat
Publisher: Cassell.
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Christmas Eve 200216:30BBC Radio 4 FM- Sun 29 Dec 200223:00BBC Radio 4 FM
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