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Will Self

Chooses The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton

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Writer and Broadcaster
Books include The Book of Dave and Umbrella, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize.

The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton

Will Self chooses GK Chesterton's detective story The Man Who Was Thursday, published in 1908. Presented by Mark Lawson.

From the Archive

The Spice of Life

GK Chesterton philosophising on the perils of roast beef and mustard.

First broadcast on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 15 March 1936

The Campaign for Canonisation

Ben Geoghegan reports on the attempt in 1995 to have GK Chesterton made a saint.

From the Today Programme 9 May 1995 on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4

The Man Who Was Thursday

A reading from The Man Who Was Thursday. Plus Private Eye founder Richard Ingrams and chair of the Chesterton Society Denis Conlon.

From Great Lives 9 May 2003 on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4

Father Brown

Richard Ingrams and Denis Conlon on the creation of GK Chesterton's most famous character, the crime solving Father Brown. 

From Great Lives 9 May 2003 on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4