M. Bradbury, Eating people is wrong
I. Calvino, Why read the Classics?
A. Christie, The man in the brown suit
C. Emmerson, 1913: The world before the Great War
H. Nicolson, Sweet Waters
J. Pidgeon, Slade in Flame
N. Shute, A town like Alice
P.G. Wodehouse, The adventures of Sally
It could have been A town like Alice which was a) lovely, and b) very well done. However, I was helpless before a well executed history of Radio 4. In part, this has absolutely nothing to do with the writing - I place R4 on very high pedestal, and would probably have read a poor account with pleasure - but it was well done, thorough, and with some lovely lines. I would have said that the story is a good one, but it is essentially about radio scheduling, so it is testament to the writing that even discussions over broadcast frequencies were gripping. So much so that I actually cried during the sections towards the end when the home counties marched on Broadcasting House to preserve Long Wave in the 1990s. Richly documented, and richly rewarding.
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