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On the Old Rules, or Gentility
Episode 3 of 5
Novelist Andrew Martin considers attitudes that no longer seem so vital in the modern world. And this time he thinks about the loss of old rules. The ones to do with 'gentility'.
Producer Duncan Minshull
First broadcast in January 2014.
Last on
Wed 19 Nov 2014
22:45
麻豆社 Radio 3
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