| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores marriages between people from different class backgrounds.(R) 00:45Bells from the church of St Mary and St Benedict in Buckland Brewer, Devon.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Dorthe Nors asks if Danish fiction reflects the lives of those living outside Copenhagen.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The Moroccan-Dutch writer Abdelkader Benali on bookshops as a source of refuge.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30David Wagner asks whether German literature still shows any signs of an east-west divide.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The Franco-American writer on immigration and an identity crisis in French fiction.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Elif Shafak visits an Istanbul bookshop to see if modern Turkey is present on its shelves.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3By Martin Cathcart Froden. A young man pushes his body to extremes.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Andrea Rea. 05:45A reduced honey harvest is reported by Alan Hart of the Bee Farmers' Association. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the guira cuckoo of central South America.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Andrea Rea. 05:45A global initiative is trying to get rid of 'ghost fishing gear' littering the sea beds. 05:58David Attenborough presents the spix's macaw.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Andrea Rea. 05:45DJs Scott Mills and Chris Stark on why they've become ambassadors for young farmers' clubs 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the red-headed woodpecker found in North America.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Andrea Rea. 05:45Farmers warn stricter EU targets on emissions could put some out of business. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the laughing gull off the Florida coast.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Andrea Rea. 05:45Controversial views from an EU Commissioner, hill farming and pollinators. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the emperor penguin from the Antarctic Peninsula.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop John Arnold. 05:45A listener shares his insight into the Syrian crisis. Harriet Cass reads Your News.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Bells from St Clement Danes, Strand, London. 05:45Mark Coles profiles the controversial Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks along the Forth & Clyde Canal to the spectacular 30-metre high Kelpies(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith joins amateur and professional beekeepers at the Swindon Apiary in Wilts. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully investigates the art of correspondence, from beautiful letters to pithy emails. 06:35Charlotte Smith meets the farmer who grows crops around the runways at Heathrow. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10One of the oldest Qur'an manuscripts goes on display in Birmingham. 07:54Milton Jones presents an appeal on behalf of the Chance for Childhood. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A traditional service for Harvest from Wallingford Parish Church in Oxfordshire. 08:48Will Self reflects on the significance of names, including his own.(R) 08:58Sir David Attenborough presents the guira cuckoo of central South America.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Mary Ann Sieghart with Tom Holland, Barry Cunliffe, Julia Farley and Matt Ridley. 09:45Dorthe Nors asks if Danish fiction reflects the lives of those living outside Copenhagen.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland compares the current milk crisis with the 1930s wheat crisis. 09:305/5Simon Preston helps create a signature dish for the capital of the Highlands, Inverness.(R) 09:45The Moroccan-Dutch writer Abdelkader Benali on bookshops as a source of refuge.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets writer Frederick Forsyth and entertainer Sir Bruce Forsyth. 09:45David Wagner asks whether German literature still shows any signs of an east-west divide.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and legacy of Alexander the Great. 09:45The Franco-American writer on immigration and an identity crisis in French fiction.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to comedy writing partners Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.(R) 09:45Elif Shafak visits an Istanbul bookshop to see if modern Turkey is present on its shelves.
| 09:00Gaby Roslin joins Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir. With Belinda Carlisle's Inheritance Tracks
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Carly Fiorina is vying for the Republican nomination for US president. 10:456/10Who is trying to kill Shardlake? Dramatisation of C J Sansom's crime novel set in 1541.
| 10:00What is yes parenting? Chef Sally Clarke on 30 years running her restaurant, Clarkes. 10:457/10Shardlake and Barak's inquiries lead them to a seedy inn in a rough part of York.
| 10:00Jane Garvey's guests are opera singer Ilona Domnich, author Tessa Hadley and Kate Green. 10:418/10Shardlake is convinced that the stolen papers are the key to the whole mystery. 10:55Two friends who are new fathers-to-be reflect on forthcoming life changing events.
| 10:00Jenni Murray talks to the environmental activist Erin Brockovich. 10:459/10As the Progress returns to London, Shardlake receives shocking news when his ship docks.
| 10:00Jenni Murray presents discussion on freedom of speech and feminism. 10:4510/10Shardlake awaits his fate. Final episode of the dramatisation of CJ Sansom's crime novel.
| 10:306/6Jay Rayner and the panel are at the Royal Palace at Hampton Court.
| 10:00It is a crucial match for the cricket team, and Lynda looks forward to Christmas.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Do dyslexia and dyspraxia affect the way you draw? Chris Ledgard investigates. 11:303/4Hetty's old diaries turn up some uncomfortable home truths for Maggie.
| 11:00From a revered god in ancient Egypt to a comic character in Peter Pan, crocs fascinate us. 11:30Marie-Louise Muir explores the significance of Van Morrison's Belfast gigs.
| 11:002/2Alla Alban returns to her former home near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. 11:303/3The last words of a dying man provide the clues to unlock an unsolved crime.
| 11:00A report on a Nigerian bakery that provides sanctuary for children fleeing Boko Haram. 11:30As a reluctantly gap-toothed woman, Patricia Cumper explores their cultural significance.
| 11:001/3Two men and a mule explore the mountains and rainforests of Peru in search of the Incas. 11:303/4Alice and Snoo have to elicit the help of Alice's father to save Dr Cadogan from disgrace.
| 11:00Is deja vu a brain glitch or misplaced 'real' memory? Bridget Kendall and guests discuss. 11:30Modern ideas and ancient traditions in the fishing communities of Madagascar.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to trumpeter Alison Balsom.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Mrs Crayford claims to speak with the dead, but cannot seem to get through to Adeline. 12:15Fraud Series day 1: The man defrauded of his savings by investment criminals. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Peter Lumley says his first words. 12:15Does the rental market fit the demand for security, affordability and choice? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The war seems particularly far away for the Wilson family. 12:15A look at what will change for consumers with the Consumer Rights Act. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Florrie and Albert can hardly speak for happiness. 12:15Dame Vivienne Westwood warns listeners about the dangers of replying to 'scam letters'. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Juliet's secret is growing out of control. 12:15The students refusing to rent from private landlords. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Karen Mackie was conned out of £750k of client funds by a gang posing as her bank. 12:303/8Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:046/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy game.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino on whether bitterness is disappearing from our food, and why it matters. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Seventeen-hundred jobs go as Redcar steel plant is mothballed. 13:451/10Mark Spencer explains why Sir Hans Sloane is his Natural History Hero.
| 13:00Jeremy Corbyn sets out his vision for a 'kinder politics' in his first conference speech. 13:452/10Richard Sabin explains why comparative anatomist Edward Tyson is his Natural History Hero.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:453/10Palaeontologist Tori Herridge explains why Dorothea Bate is her Natural History Hero.
| 13:00As Russian air strikes in Syria intensify, what will be the west's response? 13:454/10Robert Prys Jones explains why Allan Octavian Hume is his Natural History Hero.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:455/10Sandy Knapp explains why Alice Eastwood is her Natural History Hero.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Winstanley College in Wigan.(R)
| 13:00Mark Mardell looks at the Conservative conference, conflict in Syria and singing cavemen. 13:30Janan Ganesh asks if the Conservatives, now free from coalition, will transform Britain.
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| 14:00 | 14:00It is a crucial match for the Ambridge cricket team.(R) 14:15Nicholas le Prevost and Jemma Redgrave star in Nigel Williams' Alaskan gumshoe road movie.
| 14:00Ruth is making an important journey.(R) 14:15Joseph Balderrama plays Carlos the Jackal, in a tense dramatisation of the Opec oil siege.
| 14:00Pat has some advice for Helen.(R) 14:15James McArdle and Daniel Betts star in Jonathan Myerson's imagined political drama.
| 14:15Nadine Marshall, Obi Abili, and David Ajala star in Rex Obano's oil drama set in 1994.
| 14:00Lynda looks forward to Christmas.(R) 14:15Faye Marsay and Paul Higgins star in a maze of tales about risk, passion and deep-sea oil.
| 14:00Anita Anand takes listeners' calls on Syria, nuclear deterrents and reparation for slavery 14:30Alun Armstrong and Paul Ritter star in Tamsin Oglesby's future oil comedy - set in 2045.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the GQT team are in Gartmore, Stirling.(R) 14:45Views from parents-to-be, fathers-to-be and friends who have not had children.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Graham Linehan, Sally Jones, Morwenna Banks. 15:30From losing daily bread to an ancient food culture - what conflict has meant for Syrians.(R)
| 15:005/6Jay Rayner and the culinary panel are in the Scottish city of Oban.(R) 15:30Urban Britain is paving over its front gardens. Jheni Osman discovers the impact.
| 15:00Listeners ask about obtaining financial advice. 15:30Pollution kills 29,000 people a year in the UK but where does the statistic come from?(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks along the Forth & Clyde Canal to the spectacular 30-metre high Kelpies 15:27The actor Brian Cox presents an appeal on behalf of the Brittle Bone Society.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks with Orhan Pamuk about A Strangeness in My Mind.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the GQT team are in Gartmore, Stirling. 15:452/2Teresa Gallagher reads acclaimed US author Amy Bloom's tale of unconventional love.
| 15:30Marie-Louise Muir explores the significance of Van Morrison's Belfast gigs.(R)
| 15:002/2Hitler is mistaken for a comedy impersonator and becomes the star of a satirical show.
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| 16:00 | 16:003/3Anne Behringer was Tina Turner's dancer in her touring band during the 80s and 90s. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss new religious communities.
| 16:00Michael Rosen and Professor John Mullan talk romance, Romantic poets and romanticism. 16:30Toyah Willcox nominates her hero Katharine Hepburn who she met and worked with.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the Russian government's battle with the future of the internet. 16:30Channel 4 privatisation, Freeview Play, Corbyn's press 'jokes', and Local World sale talks
| 16:00Justin Kurzel tells Francine Stock why he believes that Macbeth is suffering from PTSD. 16:30Adam Rutherford is at Kew Gardens to discuss challenges in preserving global biodiversity.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister talks about a playwright, a general, a poet and a director. 16:30Do we need a new style of political journalism? Plus opinions on the Corbyn coverage. 16:55A conversation during the first stages of labour, only hours before their baby was born
| 16:00The real Erin Brockovich and DPP Alison Saunders. Presented by Jenni Murray.
| 16:00Tessa Hadley talks about her short story collection Married Love, with James Naughtie. 16:30Roger McGough presents a programme in celebration of the islands around the UK.
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| 17:00 | 17:00News interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00News interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00News interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00News interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Who decides what art is worth? Evan Davis talks to a panel including artist Grayson Perry.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Allan Urry investigates why the NHS is running short of some life-saving medicines.(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles the controversial Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy game.
| 18:00Jeremy Corbyn tells the Labour conference he wants a more caring society. 18:303/4The agency must grapple with the lowest form of advertising of all - the radio.
| 18:00Russian warplanes have attacked targets in Syria for the first time. 18:301/2Sami looks at Pakistan's political history, from its foundations in British-ruled India.
| 18:00Russia carries out a second wave of bombing, attacking militant groups including IS. 18:303/6Uh-oh - Marcus Brigstocke has decided to don a crumpled linen suit and fib for Britain.
| 18:00Russia steps up its bombing campaign against opponents of President Bashar al-Assad. 18:303/8Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00Former Labour chancellor Denis Healey dies 19 killed in air strike on Afghan hospital 18:15Clive Anderson, Sara Cox and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy
| 18:00David Cameron says planned cuts to tax credits will go ahead 18:15James Walton chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Ruth is making an important journey. 19:15Samira Ahmed reviews the new Macbeth starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard. 19:456/10Who is trying to kill Shardlake? Dramatisation of C J Sansom's crime novel set in 1541.(R)
| 19:00Pat has some advice for Helen. 19:15Margaret Atwood discusses her new novel The Heart Goes Last. Kirsty Lang presents. 19:457/10Shardlake and Barak's inquiries lead them to a seedy inn in a rough part of York.(R)
| 19:15A tour of the Turner Prize exhibition opening in Glasgow. Samira Ahmed presents. 19:458/10Shardlake is convinced that the stolen papers are the key to the whole mystery.(R)
| 19:00Lynda looks forward to Christmas. 19:15Robert Zemeckis' new film The Walk is reviewed. Plus Simon Armitage on The Odyssey. 19:459/10As the Progress returns to London, Shardlake receives shocking news when his ship docks.(R)
| 19:15Terry Gilliam discusses his life as a film director, screenwriter, Python and animator. 19:4510/10Shardlake awaits his fate. Final episode of the dramatisation of CJ Sansom's crime novel.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles the controversial Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart. 19:15A look at Medea at London's Almeida and Edmund de Waal's exhibition at the Royal Academy.
| 19:15Liam celebrates heroically ill-conceived technology of land, sea, space and cyberspace. 19:451/3Yasmine Akram performs a fairy tale with a twist.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Journalist Nichi Hodgson asks whether there's scope for an ethical code for producing porn 20:30Fukushima made many people oppose nuclear power. What it would take to change their minds?
| 20:00Allan Urry investigates why the NHS is running short of some life-saving medicines. 20:40The reality of using stem cell surgery to treat age-related macular degeneration.
| 20:00Gavin Esler and a panel of experts debate the foreign policies of the new Labour leader. 20:45Sarah Bennetto shares her tips for starting a new life in a strange land.
| 20:00Why the first licensed drug to treat low sexual desire in women is proving controversial. 20:30Who decides what art is worth? Evan Davis talks to a panel including artist Grayson Perry.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Winstanley College in Wigan. 20:50Will Self reflects on the significance of names, including his own.
| 20:00John Lennon's extraordinary life and career told in his own words.
| 20:00Do we need a new style of political journalism? Plus opinions on the Corbyn coverage. 20:30Matthew Bannister talks about a playwright, a general, a poet and a director.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood explores parrots and their effect on art, literature and society.(R) 21:30Mary Ann Sieghart with Tom Holland, Barry Cunliffe, Julia Farley and Matt Ridley.(R)
| 21:00Pollution kills 29,000 people a year in the UK but where does the statistic come from? 21:30Jonathan Freedland compares the current milk crisis with the 1930s wheat crisis.(R)
| 21:00Urban Britain is paving over its front gardens. Jheni Osman discovers the impact.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets writer Frederick Forsyth and entertainer Sir Bruce Forsyth.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford is at Kew Gardens to discuss challenges in preserving global biodiversity.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and legacy of Alexander the Great.(R)
| 21:00A week that the Wilson family could never have dreamed of.
| 21:001/2By Timur Vermes. What would happen if Adolf Hitler woke up in modern-day Berlin?(R)
| 21:00Karen Mackie was conned out of £750k of client funds by a gang posing as her bank.(R) 21:26Milton Jones presents an appeal on behalf of the Chance for Childhood.(R) 21:30Fukushima made many people oppose nuclear power. What it would take to change their minds?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Putin seeks agreement on resolution to co-ordinate all forces that confront Islamic State 22:456/10The novel by William Boyd, bestselling author of 'Any Human Heart' and 'Restless'.
| 22:00Did Mr Corbyn unite his party - and was he right to criticise Saudi Arabia ? 22:457/10The novel by William Boyd, bestselling author of 'Any Human Heart' and 'Restless'.
| 22:00Defence Ministry in Moscow says 8 IS targets hit in central Syrian provinces 22:458/10The novel by William Boyd, bestselling author of 'Any Human Heart' and 'Restless'.
| 22:00Evidence that rebel groups being bombed as well as so-called Islamic State 22:459/10The novel by William Boyd, bestselling author of 'Any Human Heart' and 'Restless'.
| 22:00How can radicalisation be prevented? 22:4510/10The novel by William Boyd, bestselling author of 'Any Human Heart' & 'Restless'.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Gavin Esler and a panel of experts debate the foreign policies of the new Labour leader.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Nosheen Iqbal of the Guardian looks at how the papers are analysing the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen examines the differences between reading print books and reading eBooks.(R) 23:30Aleks Krotoski asks if the digital world is allowing us to be more altruistic than ever.(R)
| 23:003/4A panto adventure in the Poundland of magical realms. Stars Alice Lowe and Marcia Warren. 23:30We might want to drown it out in light, but as Aleks discovers darkness can be good for us(R)
| 23:002/4Kayvan Novak imagines the voicemail messages of Bake Off's Paul Hollywood. 23:154/4The creator of the New York anti-folk scene reminisces about his time in San Francisco.(R) 23:30Aleks Krotoski looks at whether how we tell stories has changed with the digital world.(R)
| 23:004/4Will is asked to be best man. The speech is easy. It's everything else that's difficult. 23:30Aleks Krotoski examines what digital mapping has meant for our understanding of the world.(R)
| 23:00Toyah Willcox nominates her hero Katharine Hepburn who she met and worked with.(R) 23:27Aleks Krotoski explores if the internet is a nostalgia machine.(R) 23:55What do you leave to the world if you don't leave children?
| 23:00Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Graham Linehan, Sally Jones, Morwenna Banks.(R) 23:30Roger McGough brings poetry of love and of colours - blue, green, crimson, silver, gold...(R)
| 23:00Justin Kurzel tells Francine Stock why he believes that Macbeth is suffering from PTSD.(R) 23:30Mark Tully investigates the art of correspondence, from beautiful letters to pithy emails.(R)
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