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Episode 2

In Search of Contentment

2/4. How does a long train journey, a moment to sit back, relax and quietly relish success, turn into too much time in which to brood? Scottish novelist and columnist AL Kennedy finds herself bereft of contentment, but the search goes on.

15 minutes

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  • Tue 22 Jan 2008 23:00

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