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	Mary Hobson	06 January 2004

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Inspirational Mary Hobson graduated in Russian in her 60s and completed a PhD when she was 74 years old.

In 1999 she won the Pushkin gold medal for translation.

Mary joins Jenni to tell her why reading War and Peace lead her to do a degree in Russian and why she sees Ancient Greek as her future.

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