Sir Digby Jones & Rupert Thomson
Martha Kearney is joined by former CBI Director General Sir Digby Jones and novelist Rupert Thomson to discuss books by Niall Ferguson, PG Wodehouse and Tim O'Brien. From Aug 2006.
Martha Kearney and her guests - business leader, Sir Digby Jones and cult novelist, Rupert Thomson - discuss books by Niall Ferguson, PG Wodehouse and Tim O'Brien. From 2006.
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World by Niall Ferguson
Publisher: Penguin
The Clicking of Cuthbert by PG Wodehouse
Publisher: Penguin
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Publisher: Harper Collins.
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