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A Good Read: Martin Stephen, Gus Casely-Hayford

Series 630, episode 3

Educationalist Martin Stephen discusses his appreciation of a selection of poetry by Thomas Hardy, and historian Gus Casely-Hayford selects Aminatta Forna's The Memory of Love, a fictional account of the consequences of conflict in Sierra Leone. Harriett Gilbert also focuses on a theme of war in Dan Vyleta's Berlin-set novel Pavel & I

Cast (unconfirmed)

Harriett Gilbert
Martin Stephen
Gus Casely-Hayford