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Veteran sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first man to circumnavigate the world non-stop single-handedly, talks about the sea, shipwrecks and sea captains depicted in Shakespeare’s plays.
Veteran sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first man to circumnavigate the world non-stop single-handedly, talks about the sea, shipwrecks and sea captains depicted in Shakespeare’s plays.

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Veteran sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first man to circumnavigate the world non-stop single-handedly, talks about the sea, shipwrecks and sea captains depicted in Shakespeare’s plays.

In the third talk about Shakespeare and aspects of professional life examined in his plays, sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first man to circumnavigate the world single-handed, talks about the sea, shipwrecks and sea captains depicted in the plays.

The discussion is presented by Nandini Das from the University of Liverpool who is one of the New Generation Thinkers selected by Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council in a scheme to find academics who can turn their research into radio.

Edited version broadcast on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 during tonight’s interval