
Read Smart on Gardens Past and Present
In Conversation with Razia Iqbal on the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart
Join us for the next episode of the Read Smart podcast, where host Razia Iqbal joins writer, historian, and former Baillie Gifford Prize judge Ruth Scurr and Allan Jenkins, editor of Observer Food Monthly, to discuss the cultural, historical, and personal significance of gardens within the non-fiction landscape. Our guests explore how the action of gardening can imitate life, whilst providing a source of private solace and personal transformation.
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Read Smart
To mark 21 years of rewarding the best non-fiction writing, The Baillie Gifford Prize has launched a new podcast generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. This series is hosted by Razia Iqbal, special correspondent at BBC. Each episode celebrates a fantastic backlist of winners and go behind the scenes at the 2019 prize, from the longlist through to the winner announcement.