Book at Bedtime - Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village - Rabbit

Hugh Bonneville reads from Louis de Bernieres' new book of linked stories which cast an affectionate but acute eye on the vanishing charms and eccentric characters of the fictional Surrey village of Notwithstanding. The major, his wife and Leafy Barkwell have a heartbreaking encounter on an evening walk. Abridged by Sara Davies.