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Radio 3,31 Jan 2018,14 mins

SeriesLooking Good

Nicholas Shakespeare

The Essay

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Five writers consider the pleasures of viewing a phenomenon or social activity closely: Every year Nicholas Shakespeare visits the River Hodder in Lancashire. The aim is to catch sea-trout. But to catch sea-trout you have to understand them, and to understand them you have to read their river - expertly. Producer Duncan Minshull.

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