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Rebecca Stott on why stories told over time seem so fitting for lockdown.

Rebecca Stott on why stories told over time are the perfect antidote to lockdown.

Rebecca Stott on why stories told over time seem so fitting for lockdown.

"In this third lockdown," Rebecca writes, "now that my grown up children have gone back to their flats, I am living alone for the first time.  I miss our conversations over the dinner table. I miss mulling over the day with them." 

But, she says, the cumulative power of slow storytelling is a perfect antidote.  And, in particular, The Archers!   

Producer: Adele Armstrong

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