On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation.

It was an extraordinary news story.

The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny,

mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared.

One of the great mysteries in English criminal history. We're still looking for

Leukin. It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime. I'm Alex von

Tunselman. This is The Lucan Obsession. Listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert.

Thank you for downloading a good read, the podcasts,

where two guests and I recommend books we love and describe why we love them.

We don't always see eye to eye, but I hope you'll find some great reading suggestions here.

Hello, today on Radio 4, as you may have heard, it's the day of the scientist, when we're

exploring the role of science and scientists in our society. So here on a good read, we're looking at

science through the lens of fiction. And with appropriately scientific backgrounds, my guests

are first Adam Rutherford, writer, broadcaster, geneticist.

Among much other work for Radio 4, Adam hosts The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry,

is a regular guest on The Infinite Monkey Cage and most recently presented the podcast, Long COVID.

His latest book is How to Ague with a Racist.

With him is the writer, broadcaster and former inner city GP, Farah Giral, another Radio 4 regular who's currently completing her first

book, Anima, an anthropological exploration of the idea of the soul. Adam Rutherford, would

you start us off? What is your choice of a good read?

Right, well Harriet, I chose Never Let Me Go by Kassu Ischaguru,

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