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Radio 4,07 Nov 2012,15 mins

SeriesSeries 3

James Friel: In Praise of the Single Life

Four Thought

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Novelist James Friel, author of "The Posthumous Affair", defends the value and virtues of the single life against the widespread cultural view that being in a couple is a superior state of being. Four Thought is a series of talks offering a personal viewpoint recorded in front of an audience at the RSA in London. Producer: Sheila Cook.

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