A Radio 4 dramatization of the first of Ursula Le Guin's four "Earthsea" fantasy novels. A brilliant piece by Bert Coules it is both wonderfully entertaining and deeply meaningful. It is a tale of high magic, courage, and the eternal struggle between good and evil. A young boy, Duny, nicknamed Sparrow, has magical...
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Cicero remarked that old age is a strange business. No one wants to miss it, he said, and everyone complains about it when they get there. Not I, though. Old age comes to us all, and Enfield wittily advises on how to survive its trickier obstacles, not least the people who suggest you must ‘do something’. One of the great delights of the golden years is doing less – from giving up DIY and ambition to not inviting people...