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A Good Read: Brian Sewell, Wendy Cope

Art critic Brian Sewell and the poet Wendy Cope discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert: "Evening in the Palace of Reason" by James Gaines, "From the City, From The Plough" by Alexander Baron and "The Moving Toyshop" by Edmund Crispin.

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