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Cosy comfort reading or Nietzsche?

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A cosy cottage with warming fireplaces, comfort food, crime dramas on tv: Matthew Sweet and guests discuss art, literature and drama that are comfortable to engage with and how difficulty, a dedication to campaigning or the reading of Nietzsche might disrupt this. Does a theatre critic tell audiences they are in for a thought provoking show? And what role does it play in social and politial thinking today? Our guests include:
Deborah Sugg Ryan, writer and broadcaster and Professor Emerita of Design History at the University of Portsmouth.
Sir Alexander McCall Smith prolific author of the best selling Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency series.
Bioethicist and Fellow of the British Academy Tom Shakespeare
Theatre Critic Susannah Clapp.
Philosopher and Nietzsche expert Hugo Drochon.

Producer: Lisa Jenkinson

Published on Friday, 15th November 2024.

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