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Dec 2023
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Tea or Books? #123: Critical or Charitab...

Simon and Rachel
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Beryl Bainbridge, Celia Dale, critical and charitable reading – welcome to episode 123! In the first half of the episode we use a suggestion from Susannah – do we read charitably or critically? In the second half we compare too 
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