A Good Read

Rob Hopkins and Helen Castor

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Harriet Gilbert and her guests - historian, Helen Castor and sustainability activist, Rob Hopkins, - discuss their favourite books by John Stewart Collis, William Golding and Marcelo Figeras.

Rob Hopkins' choice: 'The Worm Forgives the Plough' by John Stewart Collis

Publisher: Random House

Helen Castor's choice: 'The Spire' by William Golding

Publisher: Faber and Faber

Harriett Gilbert's choice: Kamchatka by Marcelo Figeras

Publisher: Atlantic Books

Producer Christine Hall

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2012.

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