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Almost Famous

The Essay

Ian Sansom celebrates the artists and writers who nearly made it - who flickered in the spotlight and then disappeared, but whose work still deserves our attention today.

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02/02/2026

Mon 2 Feb 202621:45 
BBC Radio 3

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