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Writer David Lascelles, in conversation with Dr Nima Poovayah-Smith, tells the story behind the extraordinary meeting of cultures that resulted in the Harewood Stupa, interspersed with accounts of his travels and the beliefs that have shaped it.

David Lascelles, the 8th Earl of Harewood, is a film producer of both documentaries and drama for television and the cinema. Several of his films have been nominated for awards, including Inspector Morse, Wide-Eyed and Legless, Moll Flanders and Richard III. He lives at Harewood in Yorkshire, which has been his family s home since the eighteenth century, and for many years has chaired Harewood House Trust, the educational charitable trust that looks after the house, gardens and collections for the public benefit.

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