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High life

Covid-19 shows us that virtue trumps freedom

4 April 2020

9:00 AM

4 April 2020

9:00 AM

Look at it this way: we’re all doing Desert Island Discs nowadays, and unless you’ve got the bug, it’s a damn good thing, too. I did the desert island bit around 30 years ago, when Sue Lawley was the presenter, and we got along fine, even after I commented on air that she had nice legs.

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