Raymond Tallis and Allegra Stratton

Harriett Gilbert talks to polymath Raymond Tallis and political journalist Allegra Stratton about their favourite books.

Giving up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel Publisher: Fourth Estate

The Walk by Robert Walser Publisher: Serpent's Tail

What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt Publisher: Sceptre

Producer Beth O'Dea

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.