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In 1786, Johann Wolfgang von Goerter suffers from dreadful writers block, and in the dead of night he sets off on his Italian journey. it in Rome. His creativity he rediscovers it in creaking Roman beds. His inspiration gushes like

the lava of Vesuvius. The result of the young artist Wonderlust, over 800 watercolours and three completed plays cherished for all

eternity. Such creative output warrants some downtime. In the cool halls of the Sistine Chapel Gerta stops for a nap on the throne of

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Hi, I'm David Wolf, editor of The Guardian Long Reed. At the end of each year we like to highlight a few of our favorite episodes,

which you can listen to over the holiday season.

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So for today's episode I've chosen Proust, Chat GPT and the case of the forgotten

quote by Ellif Bateman.

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