Remastered Versions of Season One of the Wintering Sessions

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Because of the heat, my Meniere's disease has kicked off. So I'm quite disoriented right now. All of the muscles in my body tense up because my brain thinks I'm falling. Every muscle in my body braces and so I feel like I've got a whole body headache feeling very sorry for myself. It's been a week of things not going to plan, my friends. Because I was hoping to be introducing a kind of grand finale before the summer for you today. We'd had a wonderful conversation with one of my literary heroes Susan Kane. But he sent an email last week to say he'd got halfway through the edits and the file had got all mangled from,

Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.

While we take a rest over the summer, we’re sharing some remastered episodes from Season One, chosen by listeners.

In this episode, I speak to journalist and broadcaster Remona Aly about her life-changing decision to call off an engagement, and how it echoed through the years to teach her about forgiveness, faith and empathy.

This is such a special one for me - I went to school with Remona, and I think you can hear our joy at reconnecting after a couple of decades, and feeling so at home in the process. We cover all of human life here: buckle in.

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