Paul and Lara chat about books that they might like to see under the Christmas tree, their favourite Christmas/winter poems and stories and what books they would like to give to others.
Our Christmas stories and poems are:
‘The Dark is Rising’ by Susan Cooper (Gwyn)
‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ by Christina Rossetti (Lara)
‘The Oxen’ by Thomas Hardy (Lara)
‘Under the Greenwood Tree’ by Thomas Hardy (Paul)
‘What the Donkey Saw’ and ‘Not the Millennium’ by U.A. Fanthorpe (Paul
The books we’d like for Christmas:
‘Help the Witch’ by Tom Cox (Gwyn)
‘Free; a Child and a Country at the End of History’ by Lea Ypi (Paul)
‘Lily’ by Rose Tremain (Lara)
‘Ariadne’ by Jennifer Saint (Lara)
The books we would like to give others:
‘The Bell’ by Iris Murdoch (Paul)
‘How to be Free’ by Tom Hodgkinson (Gwyn)
‘Hamnet’ by Maggie O’Farrell (Lara)
And the Christmas playlist can be found here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1oQMeFB078Tzw1Rl9xa2ar?si=6b651d8eae59402c