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"Sam Selvon" (10 results)
Susheila Nasta and Anthony Joseph discuss The Lonely Londoners' author.
Gerald Moore, Reader in English in the School of African and Asian Studies, Sussex University, introduces the West Indian author ...
Sue MacGregor, Marcus du Sautoy and David Dabydeen discuss books by Sam Selvon, GH Hardy and Juliet Nicolson.
Louise Doughty is joined by Tariq Ali and Jean Binta Breeze to discuss books by Sam Selvon, Beryl Bainbridge and Robert Irwin.
Sara is joined by newsreader and journalist Sir Trevor McDonald, actors Sarah Hadland and Peter Davison, and comedian and podcaster...
A creative performance reading of The Lonely Londoners that juxtaposes modern imagery and fascinating archive footage to reflect on how...
A series of seven half-hour plavs by the West Indian writer who has adapted them for radio from his book The Lonely Londoners. The...
A ten-year-long city dweller from the Caribbean goes to meet another boat train of hopeful new arrivals. Read by Don Warrington.
A look at how the novel has marched in lock step with the rise, decline and fall of the British Empire.
Suggs delves into his favourite pieces of fiction that tell the story of being a stranger in the capital. From Oliver Twi...
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