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Sir Jeremy Isaacs and Professor Mary Douglas

Bonnie Greer, Jeremy Isaacs and Mary Douglas discuss books by Laurence Sterne, RL Stevenson and Barbara Reynolds. From 1999.

TV executive Sir Jeremy Isaacs and anthropologist professor Mary Douglas join Bonnie Greer to discuss favourite paperbacks by Laurence Sterne, Robert Louis Stevenson and Barbara Reynolds.

Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne
Publisher: Penguin

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Penguin

Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul by Barbara Reynolds
Publisher: Sceptre

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999.

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  • Tue 7 Dec 1999 16:30
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  • Sun 12 Dec 1999 23:00
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  • Mon 8 Jun 2015 18:30
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  • Tue 29 Sep 2026 10:00
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  • Tue 29 Sep 2026 16:00
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  • Wed 30 Sep 2026 00:00
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