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

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

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

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

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

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

Steakknife.

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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 could be tricky,

because both my guests are Scottish men called Neil.

But at least the books they've chosen as a good read are markedly different.

So, on my right is Neil Oliver, presenter of among much else the TV series Coast,

a history of Scotland and rise of the clans.

A qualified archaeologist is also the author

of ten books, including most recently The Story of the British Isles in 100 places. With Neil

Oliver is the author and TV screenwriter Neil Forsyth, creator of the BBC cult comedy Bob

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