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A series invoking lost life-styles Dame Edith Silwell
Five years before her death Dame Edith gave a famous interview to JOHN FREEMAN in the BBCtv series Face to Face. From this edited version emerges a picture of an extraordinary life led with a fine panache, but concealing a shy person with a unique humanity. (BBC Sound Archive recording)

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