A second BBC Radio 4 series of Stephen Fry's witty and incisive programmes looking at the oddities of the English language. Includes four 30-minute Radio 4 programmes presented by Stephen Fry...
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Author: Fry, StephenSummary:Genre: Humour, Literary arts
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Author: Fry, StephenSummary:
Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these four programmes, as heard on BBC Radio 4. The Trial of Qwerty The "Qwerty" keyboard faces charges of...
Genre: Humour, Literary arts -
Author: Fry, StephenSummary:
The popular actor, comedian, and writer traces his unlikely Cambridge education, his relationships with such contemporaries as Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson, and his hedonistic rise to stardom....
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Author: Fry, StephenSummary:
Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these programmes, as heard on BBC Radio 4.
Genre: Humour, Literary arts -
Author: Fry, StephenSummary:
A fifth series from BBC Radio 4 in which Stephen Fry examines, with the help of experts, the highways and byways of the English language.
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Author: Fry, StephenSummary:
Stephen Fry hosts four programmes on the joys of the English language - as heard on BBC Radio 4. Current Puns Why does our language groan with the weight of puns? What exactly is a pun? And who,...
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Author: Reid-Benta, ZalikaSummary:
Kara Davis is a girl caught in the middle--of her Canadian nationality and her desire to be a "true" Jamaican, of her mother and grandmother's rages and life lessons, of having to avoid being...
Genre: Short stories, Canadian fiction -
Author: Fry, StephenSummary:
Speaking Proper - Stephen Fry looks at the changes in what we used to call 'elocution'.
Genre: History and geography, Literary arts -
Author: Fry, StephenSummary:
British comedian and novelist Stephen Fry is fascinated with word games like crossword puzzles and Scrabble, so much that he believes them to be an integal part of our culture. With the help of...
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Author: Fry, StephenSummary:
Stephen Fry investigates the phenomenon of gibberish - what it is, why we write and speak and sing it, and why we enjoy it so much. Words like awaopbopbaloobop awop bam bam and Bill and Ben's...
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Author: Fry, StephenSummary:
The Greek myths are the greatest stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce and Walt Disney. They are...
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Author: Casanove, SusanSummary:
Rob Sterling Davies is on the crest of a wave: a celebrated scriptwriter, actor, television personality, the new doyen of Just a Minute, and apparently, Stephen Fry's new best friend. But all isn'...
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Author: ADAMS, DouglasSummary:
A groundbreaking, humourous and extraordinary adventure to find the rarest creatures on Earth. In the 1980s celebreated writer Douglas Adams teamed up with zoologist Mark Carwardine in search of...
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Author: Fry, StephenSummary:
Saviez-vous que le fils d'Apollon a failli brûler la terre en jouant avec le char solaire de son divin père ? Que Psyché est entourée de deux vilaines belles-sœurs prêtes à tout pour ruiner...
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Author: Fry, StephenSummary:
Do men and women really say what they mean? Also Stephen investigates sex, domination, gender, power, and sex changes (as only he can).
Genre: Humour, Literary arts