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Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear (Omnibus)
From Kensington to the Lake District, the early years and story of Beatrix Potter.
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The Ormolu Clock by Muriel Spark
A tale of the rivalries of two hotel owners on the Austrian-Yugoslavian border.
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The Wedding Suit by Rachel Joyce
A specially commissioned five-part serial by best-selling novelist Rachel Joyce.
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Overwhelmed by Claudia Hammond
Claudia Hammond reads from her new book examining the 21st-century phenomenon of overwhelm
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A Long Winter by Colm Tóibín
An unforgettable story about loss and new love from bestselling author Colm Tóibín.
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Papa Panov's Special Day
Everybody loves the kind shoemaker, Papa Panov. But will he be alone this Christmas?
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Bertie's Christmas Eve by Saki
A wayward nephew decides to celebrate in his own way.
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Christmas Days by Jeanette Winterson
Festive fictions, family recipes and memories from Jeanette Winterson's Yuletides past.
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Around the Table by Diana Henry
An evocative collection of essays spanning the career of one of food writing's finest.
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Mary Macdonald's Big Trip by Alexander McCall Smith
On retirement from her Hebridean school, Miss Macdonald plans the adventure of a lifetime.
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A Visible Man by Edward Enninful (Omnibus)
Vogue magazine's Edward Enninful shares his journey from refugee to global tastemaker.
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The End of Family? By Zoe Strimpel
Zoe Strimpel asks thought-provoking questions about the family in contemporary Britain.
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Virginia and Katherine by Alison MacLeod
A story about the friendship and rivalry between Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield.
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The Accident Report Book by Joe Dunthorne
Marian has to write up a bizarre workplace accident - original fiction by Joe Dunthorne.
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O Now by Niall Williams
Dermot Crowley reads a new fiction serial from the acclaimed Irish author Niall Williams.
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Intimate Histories by Hallie Rubenhold
Hallie Rubenhold challenges the ideas of what history is and the stories it can tell.
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Mrs Robinson by Helen Cross
At the height of a TB epidemic, Mrs Robinson meets dissolute poet Branwell Brontë.
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Speed of Light by Laura Cumming
Laura Cumming explores a 19th-century technological revolution in photography.
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Beautiful Strangeness by Rebecca Stott
Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.
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Unearthing the Past by Sarah Dunant
A beguiling series of essays centred on the Renaissance icon Isabella d'Este.
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Disco by Nick Walker
Defence: Serious Case Operations investigate the murder of a military bandsman in Burnley.
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Shakedowns in Hyperspace by Naomi Wood
A darkly comic and brilliantly original series for Radio 4 from the acclaimed Naomi Wood.
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Underdogs by Joel Budd
Joel Budd explores the myths around the stereotype of the 'white working class'.
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The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O'Sullivan
A thought-provoking new book exploding conventional wisdom about medical diagnoses.
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Reading Journeys by A.L. Kennedy
A.L. Kennedy on the journeys that await readers when they open the covers of a book.
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The Jura Affair by William Boyd
A sparkling new literary whodunnit from the acclaimed author William Boyd.
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The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
Venice 1486. Orsola Rosso flouts convention, honing her craft to save her family from ruin
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Vidya Wade by Timothy X Atack
Maya thinks they've got a ghost. Vidya is the only extra-natural mediator she can find.
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Raiders of the Lost Cask by Abir Mukherjee
A Highland heist story written for BBC Radio 4 by Abir Mukherjee. Read by Sudha Bhuchar.
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Maurice and Maralyn by Sophie Elmhirst
An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.
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Rye by Alex Preston
Rye, Sussex, 1804. Zeke is determined to free his father from a prison hulk at Sheeerness.
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Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
Chloe Dalton's memoir about her unlikely and transformative relationship with a wild hare.
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Paddington - Am Mathan à Peru/Paddington – The Bear from Peru
Linda Macleod and pupils from Calton Gaelic Primary School read Paddington.
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The Green & The Black by Kit de Waal
New fiction about the changing face of modern Ireland, as told through one family.
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Money by David McWilliams
Economist David McWilliams charts the relationship between humans and money.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wonder by Katherine Rundell
Book of the Week. Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.
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The Last Loves of Ronnie Maker by Alice Jolly
A newly-commissioned serial from Alice Jolly about love, loyalty and the meaning of care.
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Still Lives by Jon McGregor
A series of short stories from author Jon McGregor, exploring stillness and still lives.
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Status by Carl Honoré
Status. We don't like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
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Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
Rebecca F Kuang’s deliciously dark, witty thriller with a deeply flawed narrator
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The Third Information Crisis by Naomi Alderman
Naomi Alderman argues we are living through the third great information crisis.
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Robert Burns: His Psychotherapy and Cure by Sara Sheridan
A therapist finds herself in conversation with a man claiming to be the poet Robert Burns.
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The Photographer by Max Porter
A life in five photographs. Original fiction series by Max Porter, read by Tim McInnerny.
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The Blue Book of Nebo
Dylan was six when The End came, back in 2018.
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The Song Thief by Colin Carberry
An eerie tale of forgotten songs and vengeful spirits by Belfast author Colin Carberry.
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Bodies of Water
A new Sunday serial for Radio 4
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Moving Mountains by Jan Carson
Slemish Mountain, where St Patrick lived, is accidentally sold to a Japanese theme park.
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Invasive Species
Short stories from the best writers.
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Golden Eggs
British Asian writers take traditional stories and rework them in contemporary settings.
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For Human Consumption
Three stories about people connected to The Fork, a pay-what-you-feel cafe.
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