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Off the Page: Irritation

Irritation

BBC Radio 4 - Off the Page, Irritation

Patrick Neate and journalists Ros Taylor and Martin Freeman on the causes of irritation.

Novelist Patrick Neate and journalists Ros Taylor and Martin Freeman discuss the causes of irritation. With Matthew Parris. From 2003.

Novelist Patrick Neate, journalists Ros Taylor and Martin Freeman on the causes of irritation. With Matthew Parris. 

In each programme, Matthew Parris introduces a group of writers of fact and fiction: new talent and established names. In the context of a discussion of one of the ideas and pre-occupations of our times, each presents a piece on this week's topic.

The best new writing and the freshest conversation from 2003.

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