On the Grapevine Sessions, hosts Harry and Nicholas discuss books and ideas, sparked by 'grapes' – passages from the world's books, chosen from Grapevine (atgrapevine.com).

Grapes this week:

+ Kazuo Ishiguro on the unique dignity of Englishmen (The Remains of the Day)+ John Fowles on the English (The Magus)+ Javier Marias on the glazed eyes of an English gaze (All Souls)+ Harold Nicolson on the repressive rites of an English public school (Some People)+ Kazuo Ishiguro on England's lost corner (Never Let Me Go)

+ Mary Shelley on the death of the monster (Frankenstein)+ Margaret Cavendish on the source of youth in the blazing world (The Blazing World)+ Joan Didion on the importance of self-respect (Slouching Towards Bethlehem)+ Virginia Woolf on the carefree charms of Margaret Cavendish (The Common Reader)