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Hillary's View from the Summit

Sir Edmund Hillary on how you follow the conquest of Mt Everest?

How do you follow being the first to the top of Mt Everest? Sir Edmund Hillary talks about his autobiography, View from the Summit. Plus, Australian poet Les Murray has been awarded the Queen's Medal for Poetry; Close Range is the Wild West according to E. Annie Proulx; and Spanish writers discuss having more than one homeland.

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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project