Will Self
Chooses The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
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Writer and Broadcaster |
Books include The Book of Dave and Umbrella, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize.
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The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
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Will Self聽chooses GK Chesterton's聽detective story The Man Who Was Thursday,聽published in 1908. Presented by Mark Lawson.
From the Archive
The Spice of Life
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GK Chesterton philosophising on the perils of roast beef and mustard.
First聽broadcast on the 成人快手 15 March 1936
The Campaign for Canonisation
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Ben Geoghegan reports on the attempt in 1995 to have GK Chesterton made a saint.
From the Today Programme 9 May 1995 on 成人快手 Radio 4
The Man Who Was Thursday
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A reading from The Man Who Was Thursday. Plus Private Eye founder聽Richard Ingrams and chair of the Chesterton Society Denis Conlon.
From聽Great Lives 9 May 2003 on 成人快手 Radio 4
Father Brown
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Richard Ingrams and Denis Conlon on the creation of GK Chesterton's most famous character, the crime solving Father Brown.聽
From Great Lives 9 May 2003 on 成人快手 Radio 4
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Will Self talks to Mariella Frostrup about his Man Booker shortlisted novel Umbrella