Reverse Swept Radio 158: Farewell to Bob Cattell, a mathematician’s love of cricket, and a poor effort from the BBC
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THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: farewell to Bob Cattell, author of the Glory Gardens series; and Jonathans Agnew and Liew talk about that incident "This week of all weeks, we don't want to talk too much about politics, but..." FROM THE ARCHIVES (09'00): Godfrey Harold Hardy - the mathematician who loved cricket "That was only the start of his new year resolutions, that also included 'Be the first man atop Everest' and 'Assassinate Mussolini'." THE REVIEW (18'00): One Billion to One: The Great Indian Cricket Dream (BBC - September 2022) "One of the things that is best about it is that... it's very short." Recorded 30 October 2022
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