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Solitude

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Two programmes looking at people's experiences of beingalone.eitherthrough choice or circumstances beyond their control. 1: Choosing to Be Alone
Peter France talks to people who have chosen a solitary life-monks, hermits, "normal" people who make a deliberate choice to spend some or part of their lives alone. Aloneness, as distinct from loneliness, can bring great benefits to the creative and religious sides of life, as well as being a time of healing from tragedy, Producer Mary coiweii

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Talks:
Peter France
Producer:
Mary Coiweii

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