A Good Read: Kerry Shale and Antonia Quirke

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Society & Culture, Books

4.2 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2013

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Film critic Antonia Quirke and actor Kerry Shale talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books. Kerry Shale talks about Blankets, a graphic novel by Craig Thompson. Antonia's choice is A Reed Shaken by the Wind: Travels among the Marsh Arabs of Iraq by Gavin Maxwell. Harriett Gilbert's recommendation is Short and Sweet: 101 Very Short Poems, edited by Simon Armitage. Produced by Beth O'Dea

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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.
0:07.9	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?
0:25.0	I wouldn't even know where to start, and I'm with the irony.
0:28.5	Steakknife.
0:29.6	Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:32.4	Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.
0:37.1	My name's Linda Davies, and I
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0:44.1	highest quality, featuring the most knowledgeable experts and genuinely engaging voices. What you may
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0:55.4	like pop stars, poltergeists, cricket, and conspiracy theories.
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1:08.7	Thanks for downloading a good read.
1:10.8	You can find more information on all the BBC downloads at BBC.co.uk slash radio four.
1:18.6	Hello, welcome to what may be the most diverse selection of good reads we've ever brought to you
1:23.7	from a classic account of the endangered Marsh Arabs of Iraq through an anthology of very short poems to a comic book.
1:31.6	And to argue their merits or not, as the case may be, I'm joined by an actor and a writer.
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