Kamal Ahmed and Brett Westwood
4 Extra Debut. Kamal Ahmed, Brett Westwood and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Michael Faber, James Baldwin and Ruth Rendell. From 2019.
Author and journalist Kamal Ahmed and naturalist and presenter Brett Westwood join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by by Michael Faber, James Baldwin and Ruth Rendell.
Under the Skin by Michel Faber
Publisher: Canongate
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
Publisher: Penguin
The Keys to the Street by Ruth Rendell.
Publisher: Hutchinson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.
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Tue 5 Feb 201916:30BBC Radio 4- Fri 8 Feb 201923:00BBC Radio 4
- Tue 6 Aug 202410:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
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- Wed 7 Aug 202400:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
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