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‘Being stuck in a lifeboat with a tiger is, to say the least, untypical’ – Libby Purves
From the silver screen to the West End, the reality of oceans and the pursuit of seafaring are vanishingly rarely rendered convincingly say Libby Purves I won’t be in theatres with a notebook as much as usual this month – time for some wider, wetter …