Val McDermid & Martha Lane Fox
Crime writer Val McDermid and businesswoman Martha Lane Fox talk to Harriett Gilbert about books they really love, including an exciting new book about Shakespeare.
Crime writer Val McDermid and businesswoman Martha Lane Fox talk to Harriett Gilbert about books they really love. Val's choice is This Is Shakespeare: How to Read the World's Greatest Playwright by Emma Smith, Martha's is How to be Both by Ali Smith and Harriett's is The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton.
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