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Sunday Feature Along the Highland River

Poet Kenneth Steven goes to the source of Neil Gunn's novel Highland River.
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Sunday Feature RS Thomas - Always Seeking Greater Silence

Jon Gower explores Welsh poet RS Thomas's life and work through the prism of birdwatching.
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The Essay The Sound and the Fury, Episode 3

3/5 Andrew Martin on his boyhood love of train travel and noises on public transport today.
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The Essay The Sound and the Fury, Episode 2

2/5 Andrew Martin laments 'piped music' and what he considers to be its worsening quality.
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The Essay The Sound and the Fury, Episode 1

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

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