Wrapped up in books: What to read this Christmas

Wrapped up in books: What to read this Christmas

Author: The Times December 23, 2020 Duration: 34:40

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

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