Book of the WeekAlive, Alive Oh! And Other Things That Matter by Diana AthillEpisodes Episode guide

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1. A Life of Luxuries

   5/5Diana Athill looks back on the things that have brought her simple pleasure through life.

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   Fri 9 Oct 202608:30

   BBC Radio 4 Extra
2. Dead Right

   4/5Approaching her 98th birthday, Diana Athill shares her thoughts and feelings about death.

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   Next Thursday08:30

   BBC Radio 4 Extra
3. The Decision

   3/5Diana Athill tells how she relinquished her independence and moved into a care home.

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   Next Wednesday08:30

   BBC Radio 4 Extra
4. Alive, Alive Oh!

   2/5Diana describes the miscarriage that almost killed her, aged 43, in the early 1960s.

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   Next Tuesday08:30

   BBC Radio 4 Extra
5. Post War

   1/5Diana Athill debunks the myth that Britain in the 1940s and 50s was dreary.

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   Monday08:30

   BBC Radio 4 Extra