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MAGNUS MAGNUSSON — with The Family Quiz Book — in
conversation with Brenda Read-Brown, and with you! Capped
with a little quiz for all!
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"- Presented in association with the University of Bath in Swindon.
Historian and Norse scholar, Magnus Magnusson presented the
television programme Mastermind for 25 years, during which time the
o k show became a national institution.
Now, from the master quizmaster himself, comes the complete quiz book,
Magnus Magnusson's Family Quiz Book, perfect for both the serious contestant
and for family fun. It contains over one thousand carefully graded questions, all of which have
been chosen for their unusual answers or the surprising stories behind them.
This is an opportunity to meet the man, ask a question, buy a book, and take part in a little
quiz, with Magnus Magnusson!
Brenda Read-Brown, a one-time Mastermind semi-finalist, is a performance poet, ping-pong
player, and sometime quiz queen.

Politics and after... EDWINA CURRIE in conversation with
Peter Heaton-Jones, and with you!
`It seemed to me that I would feel an awful lot better if I wasn't
keeping other people's secrets any longer' wrote Edwina Currie in
her Diaries 1987 — 1992.
m - The diaries begin when their author was a Junior Minister i
°0 4 Mrs Thatcher's government and end five years later just before the
^` e { General Election.They paint an illuminating and revealing picture of life at
Westminster, including secret liaisons, battles between colleagues, high-pressure
90-hour weeks, canvassing on the streets, and a controversy that forced her resignation.
Edwina Currie is an acute observer of people, friend and foe, and writes with honesty and
humour. She is also a broadcaster, mother and bestselling novelist.
Peter Heaton-Jones presents the Breakfast programme on BBC Radio Swindon 103.6 FM. He
has been a journalist and broadcaster for almost twenty years, and has reported from locations
as diverse as Bucharest, Los Angeles, Sydney, and Highworth.

1OBERT GODDARD, master plot-maker and thriller writer,
reveals some secrets!
Presented in association with Swindon Borough Council Libraries.
Authors dealing with the past are often tempted to manipulate events
to suit their fictional purpose.This is anathema to the best.
It is not what history tells us but what it does not tell us that provides
inspiration for Robert Goddard's compelling stories. Despite writing
fiction, he aims for complete credibility.
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Dying to Tell, his fourteenth book, is vintage Goddard.
)SSIAN SHINE talks The Language of Tennis!
Opportunity for questions, and PLAY!
How did tennis get its name? Why is a player who has not won anything
awarded a score of love? What is a bagel, a Lawford stroke, and a
choker? What are professional players, sports reporters, and even club
players doing to the language of tennis?
Tennis has a long and fascinating history, from its gentlemanly chivalric
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origins to its contemporary competitive and glamorous scene, which is
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° hine reflected in the delightful linguistic intricacies of its language. Former county
junior player and now international tennis editor for Reuters, Ossian Shine, author of the
newly-published Language of Tennis, watches and writes about tennis at the hallowed
headquarters of Wimbledon, the chic setting of Roland Garros, the laid back courts of
Melbourne, and the hothouse grounds of NewYork's Flushing Meadows.What has he found?