A Good Read: Martin Stephen, Augustus Casely-Hayford

Books and Authors

BBC

Society & Culture, Books

4.2 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2012

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Harriett Gilbert and her guests, the historian Gus Casely-Hayford and educationalist Martin Stephen, consider a clutch of favourite reads. 'The Memory of Love' by Aminatta Forna, 'Pavel and I' by Dan Vyleta and a selection of Thomas Hardy's verse.

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0:05.4	My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds.
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0:58.4	It's all the stuff that you'd want to chat to your mate about over a pint.
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1:15.6	Find more information on our website at BBC.com.ukau.com Radio 4. Hello, welcome to a good read where my guests today are the historian Dr Gus Casley Hayford and Martin Stephen, Education Director of Gems UK and former Highmaster of St Paul School London and the Manchester Grammar School.
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