Christopher Frayling and Nikki Bedi
Christopher Frayling and Nikki Bedi  
Podcast: A Good Read
Published On: Tue Oct 25 2011
Description: Christopher Frayling, Professor Emeritus at the Royal College of Art, and broadcaster Nikki Bedi talk to Harriett Gilbert about the books they love. Christopher's recommendation is a passionate political polemic: Ill Fares The Land: A Treatise On Our Present Discontents, by Tony Judt. Nikki picks The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, the story of a boy growing up in an Indian family in America.Harriett's choice is the first in the celebrated Tales of the City series by Armistead Maupin.Producer: Beth O'Dea First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.