Biography

Lives examined — memoirs, biographies, and personal histories

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Cover of The Magician

The Magician

by Colm Tóibín

Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Sep 26, 2021

Cover of Let Me Take You By The Hand

Let Me Take You By The Hand

by Jennifer Kavanagh

Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Jun 13, 2021

Cover of Burning Man

Burning Man

by Frances Wilson

Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · May 30, 2021

Cover of Chosen: Lost and Found Between Christianity and Judaism

Chosen: Lost and Found Between Christianity and Judaism

by Giles Fraser

Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Apr 25, 2021

Cover of God Is Not a White Man

God Is Not a White Man

by Chine McDonald

Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Apr 25, 2021

Cover of Life After Gravity

Life After Gravity

by Patricia Fara

Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Mar 22, 2021

Cover of Heavy Light

Heavy Light

by Horatio Clare

Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Mar 8, 2021

Cover of No Boys Play Here: A Story of Shakespeare & My Family's Missing Men

No Boys Play Here: A Story of Shakespeare & My Family's Missing Men

by Sally Bayley

Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Feb 22, 2021

Cover of Thin Places

Thin Places

by Kerri ní Dochartaigh

Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Feb 22, 2021

Cover of The Farmer's Wife

The Farmer's Wife

by Helen Rebanks

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