Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

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Jake Thackray: The Unsung Writer by Paul Thompson

Biographer and singer-songwriter Paul Thompson joins us for a new episode of Backlisted devoted to the life and work of Jake Thackray, the so-called 'Yorkshire chansonnier' who died in 2002. Thackray was a man of many talents, as demonstrated by Jake Thackray: The Unsung Writer, ...  Show more

Asterix and the Roman Agent by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo

Merry Christmas! Join Andy and Una, plus authors Louie Stowell and Robert Shearman, for a post-solstice celebration of Asterix and the Roman Agent (1972) by René Goscinny (words) and Albert Uderzo (pictures), first published in France in 1970 as La Zizanie, and freely translated ...  Show more

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