Podcast: Ep731: Open Book: Russell Kane, Writing Britain, Updating Classics

Podcast: Ep731: Open Book: Russell Kane, Writing Britain, Updating Classics

April 29, 2012

Author(s): BBC Radio 4

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Mariella Frostrup talks to comedian Russell Kane who looks at the nature of humour in his first novel The Humorist. Senior curator Jamie Andrews talks about the British Library's new exhibition Writing Britain - Wastelands to Wonderlands. And Mariella discusses updating the classics with debut novelist Francesca Segal and Professor of Literature at York University John Bowen.

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