Monday, March 23, 2026

A report from the expedition to Ed Davey's hinterland

Ed Davey has chosen his favourite books for This Week. I don't know what the precise brief was, but he came up with a list of six novels.

  • Middlemarch by George Eliot
  • Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
  • Waterland by Graham Swift
  • There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
  • The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
  • Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Tony Blair would have had a team working on his choices for weeks to make sure he didn't sound too posh or display any biases, but this looks like an honest list for a man of Ed's generation. I've read three of them myself.

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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous23 March, 2026 16:22

    All but one written by men. Hm

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  2. Anonymous23 March, 2026 16:54

    Oh dear . try googling George Eliot

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  3. Matt Pennell24 March, 2026 15:55

    I can't wait for Ed to appear on Desert Island Discs, parodying Gordon Brown by saying he listens to Cradle of Filth to wake him up in the morning, and to Flying Saucer Attack to help him relax.

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