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Afternoon Reading - Alan Howard Reads

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The popular veteran actor reads a series of specially commissioned short stories

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Afternoon Reading - Alan Howard Reads - Marriage Lines

By Julian Barnes. A return visit to the island of Barra brings back memories of decades past, holidays and young love.

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Afternoon Reading - Alan Howard Reads - On Dover Beach

Matthew Arnold engages in animated internal debate with himself about his poem On Dover Beach and its place in history. By Tom Stoppard.

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Afternoon Reading - Alan Howard Reads - The Family Friend

The popular veteran actor reads specially commissioned short stories. 4/5: The Family Friend, by Marina Warner. In Egypt in 1901, some English army officers indulge in fox-hunting.

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Afternoon Reading - Alan Howard Reads - The Sentence

The popular veteran actor reads specially commissioned short stories. 5/5: The Sentence, by Nina Raine. A judge looks back on his childhood and a story that he told his children.

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Afternoon Reading - Alan Howard Reads - The Tipping Point

By Helen Simpson. A car journey and a CD of Schubert Lieder offer an English academic a chance to reflect on the painful conclusion to a love affair with a German environmentalist.

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