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Wrapped up in books: What to read this Christmas

12.23.2020 - By The TimesPlay

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David Aaronovitch sits down with Times Radio breakfast show host Stig Abell to share some of their most cherished festive page turners.

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Guests:  Stig Abell - Times Radio Breakfast show host, Sunday Times columnist.

With book recommendations from: John Witherow - Editor, The Times. Emma Tucker - Editor, Sunday Times. Andrew Holgate - Literary Editor, Sunday Times. Matt Dickinson - Chief Sports Writer, The Times.

Host: David Aaronovitch. 

The books: David:  Selling Hitler - Robert Harris Out of Pure Rage - Jeff Dyer

Stig: Things I Learned on the 6.28: A Guide to Daily Reading - Stig Abell Summer of 1927 - Bill Bryson A Distant Mirror - Barbara Tuchman

Matt Dickinson: Moth and the Mountain - Ed Caesar

Emma Tucker: The Motion of the Body Through Space - Lionel Shriver

Andrew Holgate: English Pastoral - James Rebanks

John Witherow: JFK: Volume 1: 1917-1956 - Frederik Logevall Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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