The Essay | Jon Boden
Based on The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Jon Boden, singer with folk band Bellowhead, on how post-apocalyptic literature by writers from John Christopher to Cormac McCarthy influences his work.
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A Good Read | Nerina Pallot and Peter Molyneux
Harriett Gilbert is joined by award-winning singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot and computer games industry pioneer Peter Molyneux to discuss their favourite books. Peter has picked the gripping and intimate father-son story - The Road, by Cormac McCarthy.
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Proms | The Handmaid's Tale
Veteran war reporter Kate Adie and novelist Aminatta Forna discuss Margaret Atwood's groundbreaking feminist novel, 'The Handmaid's Tale', twenty five years after its publication, in which a religious revolution has overthrown the American government.