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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Miranda Sawyer

The week in audio: Fragments – The London Nail Bombings; Chasing Mountains; Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones!; How Was It for You? – review

Compton Street in Soho after the bombing of the Admiral Duncan pub in 1999
Compton Street in Soho after the bombing of the Admiral Duncan pub in 1999. Photograph: Stig Kolstad/PA

Fragments – The London Nail Bombings (Radio 4) | BBC Sounds
Amazing Sport Stories: Chasing Mountains (BBC World Service) | BBC Sounds
Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! (Radio 4) | BBC Sounds
How Was It for You? With Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke (Keep It Light Media) | Apple Podcasts

Two past events, both epic in their own way, transformed into audio documentary. Perhaps it says something about me that I preferred the more tragic tale, though it’s to do with the way the story was told. Either you’re someone who responds to the personal mountains conquered in everyday human life, or you’re someone who likes stories about actual mountain climbing…

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