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Books and Authors

A Good Read: Kate Bottley and Ken Cheng talk favourite books

Books and Authors

BBC

Society & Culture, Books

4.2824 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Rev. Kate Bottley and Ken Cheng talk about the books they love with Harriett Gilbert.

Transcript

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0:00.0

In Northern Ireland, from the late 70s to the early 90s, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers.

0:08.0

But the man who often found, tortured and sometimes killed these people on behalf of the IRA

0:12.0

was himself an informer, a secret British army agent with the codename Stakeknife.

0:18.0

Who gets to play God? And why me? Why my family?

0:21.3

When lies are still being told to this day, who do you believe?

0:25.1

I wouldn't even know where to start, and I'm with the IRA.

0:28.5

Steakknife.

0:29.7

Listen first on BBC Sounds.

0:33.5

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:38.1

Hello, today from Tiger Mothers to the Death of Stars

0:41.9

via the extraordinary real-life story of a heart transplant.

0:45.9

With me to share their good read are first the Reverend Kate Botley,

0:49.8

presenter of among many other programs, Radio 2's Good Morning Sunday,

0:53.3

and on TV Songs of Praise,

0:56.2

and a former star along with her slippers of the reality show Gogglebox.

1:01.0

With Kate is the comedian come professional poker player Ken Cheng,

1:05.0

whose series Ken Cheng Chinese Comedium was chosen for Radio 4's pick of the year last year,

1:09.9

and who's currently on a UK tour of his stand-up show, Best Dad Ever.

1:16.1

Ken, would you start us off? Your choice of a good read, please.

1:19.3

Yes, so I went for the book, The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, which caused quite a stir in 2011.

1:29.0

It's a memoir by a Chinese-American law professor named Amy Chua,

1:35.3

and it's about her parenting style in how she raised her two daughters.

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