90: Jane Davis
Jane Davis's subject is the importance of the written word, broadcast around 8.30am in Breakfast on 12th August. Or listen to it online right here the next working day.
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Reading: it's the ultimate feeling of personal privacy.
John Davies, London
Hugely is the simple anwer. I cannot conceive of living without the engagement offered by words on a page. What I should like to have done, however, is to develop conversational skills that were as rich and subtle.
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