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Mar 2025
28m 25s

The Happy Pod: Learning to play the guit...

Bbc World Service
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Tony Romaine has taught himself how to play the guitar with one arm, after a stroke left him unable to walk or speak. Plus, Ilona Maher on using social media to spread positivity and the 105 year old raver.

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