Christopher Frayling and Nikki Bedi

Christopher Frayling, Professor Emeritus at the Royal College of Art, and broadcaster Nikki Bedi talk to Harriett Gilbert about the books they love.

Christopher's recommendation is a passionate political polemic: Ill Fares The Land: A Treatise On Our Present Discontents, by Tony Judt.

Nikki picks The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, the story of a boy growing up in an Indian family in America.

Harriett's choice is the first in the celebrated Tales of the City series by Armistead Maupin.

Producer: Beth O'Dea

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.