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On Regret

Author Rachel Genn describes her fascination with regret. Rachel tells stories of regret, beginning in her earliest childhood. “An early adopter of regret,” she says, “I was displaying the prodigy’s irritating flair for it.”

Producer: Giles Edwards

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21 minutes

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Sat 17 Dec 202205:45
BBC Radio 4

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