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Janet Street-Porter and Felicity Ward

The broadcaster and comedian discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert, including Carlo Rovelli's Seven Lessons on Physics, which provokes passionate argument.

The broadcaster and comedian discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. Janet's choice is The Bloater by Rosemary Tonks, set in 1960s London, which was also Janet's stomping ground. Felicity loves Carlo Rovelli's Seven Lessons on Physics, which provokes much disagreement between the three women, none of whom studied much science at school. Harriett's choice is Hubert Mingarelli's A Meal in Winter, a moving and morally complex tale of three Nazi soldiers in wartime Poland.

Producer Sally Heaven

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Thu 29 May 2025 23:30
BBC Radio 4

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