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Climate Change and the Fall of Icarus

Tom Shakespeare on a fraught decision over whether or not he should get on a plane in the middle of a climate emergency.

Tom Shakespeare decided several years ago he was no longer going to fly for pleasure. But his father's cousin - who lives in the US - has just turned 90 and he'd love to see her again. He describes his fraught decision - as he grapples with his environmental conscience.

Reading from WH Auden's poem, 'Musée des Beaux Arts'.

Producer: Adele Armstrong
Sound: Peter Bosher
Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith

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Sun 24 Jul 202208:48
BBC Radio 4

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