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Mike Harding & Professor Susan Greenfield

Sue MacGregor, Mike Harding and Professor Susan Greenfield discuss Winifred Watson, Sebastian Haffner and Eric Newby. From December 2004.

Sue MacGregor and her guests - musician, writer and comic, Mike Harding and scientist, Professor Susan Greenfield - discuss favourite paperbacks by Winifred Watson, Sebastian Haffner and Eric Newby. From 2004.

Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day by Winifred Watson
Publisher: Persephone Books

Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner
Publisher: Phoenix

A Short Walk in The Hindu Kush by Eric Newby
Publisher: Picador.

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30 minutes

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  • Tue 7 Dec 200416:30
  • Sun 12 Dec 200423:00
  • Mon 9 Oct 201718:30
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