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Series bringing fresh insight into lives through literature, with guest presenters

Series bringing fresh insight into lives through literature, in which guest presenters pick readings from their favourite pieces of poetry and prose

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With Great Pleasure: James Lovelock

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15/02/2007

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Environmental scientist James Lovelock reveals some of his favourite pieces of writing.

4 Extra Debut. Environmental scientist James Lovelock chooses poetry and prose including Orwell and Larkin read by Jenny Coverack and Bill Wallis. From February 2007.

Respected environmentalist and architect of the Gaia theory, James Lovelock reveals the poetry and prose that have influenced his life. 

He's joined at his Launceston home by actors Jenny Coverack and Bill Wallis, who read entertaining snippets of his selections with gusto and gravitas.

Lovelock - a warm and engaging narrator - explains how works such as Gray's Elegy and The Purist by Ogden Nash have affected his outlook. 

Producer: Viv Beeby 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.

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