A Good Read: Deborah Meaden, Eliza Carthy

Books and Authors

BBC

Society & Culture, Books

4.2 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2012

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Harriett Gilbert invites Deborah Meaden from Dragons' Den, and folk-singer and songwriter Eliza Carthy to discuss their favourite books: 'Everything is Illuminated' by Jonathan Safran Foer, 'The Instance of the Fingerpost' by Iain Pears and 'The Emperor's Babe' by Bernardine Evaristo.

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1:25.3	Hello, welcome to a good read, where my guest today are the businesswoman and Dragons Den Judge Deborah Meadon and the folk singer and musician, though folks really too narrow a term for her, Eliza Carthy.
1:37.7	Twice nominated for the Mercury Prize and winner of many other accolades over a 20-year career, Eliza's performed and recorded with a wide range of artists, including Paul Weller, Joan Byers, and Nick Cave.
1:49.3	She's presented BBC radio programmes, appeared often on BBC televisions later with Jules Holland, and been the subject of two documentaries,
1:57.0	ITV's Heaven and Earth, and on Channel 5, My Music.
2:01.4	In May 2012, she's releasing a Best of Slash Personal Collection CD,
2:06.5	and the following months,
2:07.4	she's the publication of Sophie Parks' biography of her,
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