Martin Stephen and Augustus Casely-Hayford
Feb 21, 2012•28 min
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Episode description
Harriett Gilbert and her guests, historian, Gus Casely-Hayford and educationalist Martin Stephen discuss books by Aminatta Forna, Dan Vyleta and Thomas Hardy.
Gus chooses a fictional account of the fall-out from the conflict in Sierra Leone, Aminatta Forna's "The Memory of Love", which has a natural resonance with Harriett's own choice, "Pavel and I". This is a first novel from Dan Vyleta, set in post-war Berlin.
Martin Stephen brings with him “Poems of Thomas Hardy” selected by Claire Tomalin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.
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