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Music journalist and writer John Harris presents words and music from The Mersey Sound to Rural Rides in the Country via Orwellian socialism and the lyrics of The Jam.

Journalist and author John Harris welcomes you into his home as he rummages through his shelves and digs in his record collection for music by The Jam and poetry from The Mersey Sound. Settle down with John and reader Pippa Haywood as they present writing on Fleet Street from Michael Frayn and take you on a Rural Ride to the Country with the writing of William Cobbett and Philip Larkin via a stop-off in suburbia and a tour of Orwellian socialism.

28 minutes

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Wed 26 Jul 201723:30
BBC Radio 4

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