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Graham Swift on Mothering Sunday

Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Graham Swift, whose new book, Mothering Sunday, is set on one day in March 1924. Also on the programme, a guide to the best books about envy.

Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Graham Swift, whose new book Mothering Sunday is set all on one day in March 1924. Traditionally domestic staff were sent home on Mother's Day but the heroine of this novel, a housemaid who is also an orphan, spends the afternoon with her secret lover. The events that unfold shape her life.
Also on the programme, a guide to the best books about envy and two authors discuss why they were inspired to write historical fiction about the whaling industry.
Adrian Searle of Freight Books gives his reading recommendation for March.

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28 minutes

Last on

Thu 3 Mar 201615:30

Chapters

  • Graham Swift

    Duration: 09:12

  • Ian McGuire and Shirley Barratt.

    Duration: 06:48

  • Naomi Wood

    Duration: 07:10

  • Adrian Searle

    Duration: 03:57

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterMariella Frostrup
Interviewed GuestGraham Swift
Interviewed GuestAdrian Searle

Broadcasts

  • Sun 28 Feb 201616:00
  • Thu 3 Mar 201615:30

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