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On Not Boasting

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Novelist Andrew Martin considers attitudes that no longer seem so vital in the modern world. And he begins his series with a lament for a loss of modesty, or 'not boasting'.

Producer Duncan Minshull

First broadcast in January 2014.

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Mon 17 Nov 2014 22:45

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