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Sir Anthony Parsons - memoirs

Former British ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons talks about his memoirs

Former British ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons talks about his memoirs. Sir Anthony Parsons has written They Say the Lion: Britain's Legacy to the Arabs about his years of service in the Middle East. The programme also reviews Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy's novel The City Beneath the Skin and Adrian Room discusses how language changes. Presented by Derek Cooper.

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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project