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The Sound and the Fury

Author and journalist Andrew Martin discusses noises that annoy us. How do we cope with jarring sounds in the modern world and is there an another way to live without the daily cacophony?

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    Episode 5

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    Available since Fri, 3 Feb 2012.

    5/5. Andrew Martin describes how in order to escape noise, he goes on a retreat in Essex.

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    1. Episode 4

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      Available since Thu, 2 Feb 2012.

      4/5. Andrew Martin looks to the skies, to those rumblings that always discombobulate him.

    2. Episode 3

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      Available since Wed, 1 Feb 2012.

      3/5. Andrew Martin on his boyhood love of train travel and noises on public transport today.

    3. Episode 2

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      Available since Tue, 31 Jan 2012.

      2/5. Andrew Martin laments 'piped music' and what he considers to be its worsening quality.

    4. Episode 1

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      Available since Mon, 30 Jan 2012.

      1/5. Andrew Martin explains 'phonophobia' and the strange measures he takes to banish it.

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