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Classic Sunday Miscellany: On Work, by John Ryan

Differing definitions of work whether you labour with a shovel, a pen or a circus tent... From the archives of Sunday Miscellany, listen to On Work, by John Ryan, taken from the Miscellany 50 series, above:

I am by way of being a very amateur carpenter. When all other things are equal, and a temporary truce drawn up between me and the outer world, I withdraw to an old potting shed...

This essay appeared on the programme of January 25th - listen back here

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