31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 02. Februar 2021: Janet Frame: ‘An Angel at My Table’ (1989) After being mis-diagnosed with schizophrenia as a young woman, Janet Frame spent several years in psychiatric institutions. She...
31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 02. März 2021: Jan Morris ‘Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere’ (2001) Sandra, Alex and Andrew discuss. This history-drenched City on the Adriatic always tantalized Jan Morris....
31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 06. April 2021: Reading Circle Tues April 6, 2021 Lily King: ‘Euphoria’ (2014) In 1933 three young, gifted anthropologists are thrown together in the jungle of New Guinea. They are Nell Stone,...
31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 01. Juni 2021: The Lost Pianos of Siberia, Sophy Roberts (2020) Andrew and Sandra read extracts from and comment on the book. “Siberia’s story is traditionally one of exiles, bitter cold and suffering. Yet...
31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 06. Juli 2021: An Orchestra of Minorities (2019), Chigozie Obiama Angie, Sandra and Andrew read from and discuss this dramatic novel. A young farmer named Chinonso prevents a woman from falling to her...
31.01.2022 - ‘Never Let me Go’ (2005), Kazuo Ishiguro Kathy, Ruth and Tommy grew up together at Hailsham, a seemingly idyllic school deep in the English countryside, with a dreadful secret at its heart. Now 31, Kathy attempts to come to terms with...
31.01.2022 - The Ratline: Loves, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive by Philippe Sands (2020) 1942: As Governor of Galicia, Otto von Wächter oversees the Final Solution 1945: Wächter is indicted for ‘mass murder’ and flees 1949: Wächter...
31.01.2022 - Sandra, Linda, Sonja, and Andrew discuss Ali Smith’s novel Autumn. In the previous programme Sandra and Andrew had introduced the book, reading extracts.
06.12.2021 - ‘Autumn’ (2016), by Ali Smith Daniel is a century old. Elisabeth, born in 1984, has her eye on the future. The UK is in pieces, divided by a historic once-in-a-generation summer….yes, Brexit. Love is won, love is lost....
06.12.2021 - Dylan at 80 Playlist (texts read and music heard) 1. Knockin' on Heaven's Door 2. Comments by Dylan (1965) 3. The Times they are a-changin' 4. Talkin' New York 5. Blowin' in the Wind 6. Desolation Row (live, 1966) 7. Like a Rolling Stone 8....
