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6: "Defiant Ghosts"
Christopher Hope revisits his old school, the Christian Brothers' College in Praetoria, and recalls the Irish priests who taught him, the annual theatricals and dances, Corpus Christi processions through the Calvinist heartland of the Afrikaaners, and the mass expulsion of half the boys in the hostel, whose idols were the Pope and Elvis Presley.

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Christopher Hope
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Elvis Presley.
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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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