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"...meticulously documented... a magnificent chronicle." - Laurie Taylor, THES "An unalloyed treat... If Radio 4 is a great four-funnelled liner, radiating serene intelligence and self-control, this is the ship's secret logbook. Life on Air is a gem." - Libby Purves, The Times "Filled with riveting detail and anecdote, constantly illuminating ... endlessly engrossing." - Stefan Collini, Guardian Review "Hendy has explored those relating to Radio 4 in its first two decades very thoroughly indeed." - Stefan Collini, Guardian Review "Hendy's book will certainly sort the sheep from the goats among listeners" - Kate Chisholm, Daily
Telegraph "Hendy charts in masterly detail the improbable evolution of a network." - John Tusa, Times Literary Supplement "Hendy examines a many-faceted national treasure with the cool eye of a jeweller and the ardour of a proper fan." - Libby Purves, The Tablet "Revelatory." - Advance praise from Ned Sherrin, broadcaster "Eminently readable, utterly reliable, on occasions painfully frank, it is a joy to read." - Advance praise from Gillian Reynolds, Radio Critic of the Daily Telegraph "A tremendous read: impeccable research used with wit and insight about a national treasure." - Advance praise from Jean Seaton, Official Historian of the
BBC "This is the reverse of sexed up." - Valerie Grove, Literary Review "[An] academically rigorous, but eminently readable book that rightly sub-titles itself A History of Radio 4" - Jenni Murray, Daily Mail "engrossing and highly entertaining reading...this is a rich book about a rich subject" - Camden New Journal "[A] fine, meticulous history" - Financial Times "There is a nugget of surprising and entertaining fact on every page." - Lisa Mullen, Time Out
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