Eric Idle talks with Doug Gordon about death and comedy. And we hear some Monty Python clips.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Hanan Al-Shaykh bookmarks "Season of Migration to the North" by Tayeb Salih.
When Nikka Costa was ten, she was a pop sensation in Europe. Later, she was Britney Spear’s opening act. But she’s left pop music behind and now she’s performing songs by some of the musicians she’s known, including Prince and Frank Sinatra.
Carl Honore tells Jim Fleming that several countries have societies which promote a slower, more relaxed approach to life.
Fernanda Eberstadt talks with Steve Paulson about the gypsy community of Perpignan. They’ve lived in this southern French city for some 500 years but don’t consider themselves French.
"I was very uncomfortable with death for most of my life," says Karen Reppen says she ran from death and dying for most of her life. But after she decided to face her fears head-on by getting a job in hospice, she started to see the moment of death as a source of wonder and joy.
Brian Price tells Anne Strainchamps how he came to prepare the last meals for some 200 inmates on Death Row in Texas prisons.
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