Introduced by Sue MacGregor Talking Point.
Reading Your Letters.
Enriching Life: the collective thoughts of MARGARET DRABBLE , JOHN DRUM-MOND and MYRTLE SIMPSON. JOANNA HICKSON reports on the theme of the annual conference of Soroptimist International in Glasgow.
Other Peoples' Children: for the International Year of the Child NOREEN RIOLS reports from France. The Age of Innocence by EDITH WHARTON , abridged in 16 parts by JANET QUIGLEY Read by Daniel Massey (1) Newland Archer was a typical product of old New York society in the 1870s and his engagement to May Welland, herself a typical product - ' the young girl who knew nothing and expected everything ' - was regarded as the apogee of what that society represented. But then May's cousin, the Countess Olenska, returned to New York fleeing from a disastrous marriage abroad ... (Music: Schumann's Adagio and Allegro for horn and piano): long wave only