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• An American Legend
• At the Piano
• At the Piano: series II
• City Limits
• Dreaming of Osama
• Enter the Garden: A Portrait of Toru Takemitsu
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• Something Understood: Dust Yourself Off
• Something Understood: Possessions and Limitations
• Something Understood: Reflections
• Something Understood: Spools of Time
• Something Understood: The Dance of Life
• Something Understood: Victimhood and Survival
• Songs Your Godmother Should Know

BBC Radio 4

Something Understood: Possessions and Limitations

Tom Robinson reflects on the idea that “possessions are our limitations”, with reference to writings by Oscar Wilde, Mahatma Gandhi and the Persian poet Rumi and music by Philip Glass, Maurice Greene and Lennon&McCartney.