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World Service,23 Jun 1996,41 mins

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From duty to pleasure, obligation to freedom, oppressive stability to questioning the self's desire, the story of loving in the 20th Century. "At the beginning of the century sexuality was closely linked to ideas of nature...over the course of the century you have the increasing release from nature, partly because of technology, and partly because of shifting norms." Anthony Giddens, Cambridge University

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