15 July 2019
Episode 405
30 minutes
Photo: Sophia Spring
This summer’s ultimate poolside read, ‘Sweet Sorrow’ is the latest novel by award-winning author and screenwriter David Nicholls. Robert Bound, Georgina Godwin and John Mitchinson talk love stories and 1990s nostalgia.
15 July 2019
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