A Point of View: David Attenborough's Life Stories
For the coming weeks the Point of View podcast presents a series of talks by Sir David Attenborough. Recalling experiences from seven decades of exploring the natural world, Sir David presents a series of life stories about animals and plants of particular fascination to him.
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Art: The Real Thing
What constitutes real art, as opposed to kitsch or that ...
What constitutes real art, as opposed to kitsch or that based on fake emotions and cliche?
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Kitsch
Why the fear of producing kitsch art has led to ...
Why the fear of producing kitsch art has led to a new kind of pre-emptive kitsch.
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Faking It
Roger Scruton muses on the difference between genuine art and ...
Roger Scruton muses on the difference between genuine art and that based on fake emotion.
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Thinking the Unthinkable
John Gray argues that 'thinking the unthinkable' means exaggerating fashionable ...
John Gray argues that 'thinking the unthinkable' means exaggerating fashionable beliefs.
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Dostoevsky and Dangerous Ideas
John Gray points to lessons from the novels of Dostoevsky ...
John Gray points to lessons from the novels of Dostoevsky about the danger of ideas.
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Soylent and the Charm of the Fast Lane
John Gray explores why human beings crave busy lives.
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Capitalism and the Myth of Social Evolution
John Gray reflects on why the advance of capitalism is ...
John Gray reflects on why the advance of capitalism is not inevitable.
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Cures for Anxiety
Adam Gopnik identifies four different types of anxiety that afflict ...
Adam Gopnik identifies four different types of anxiety that afflict modern people.
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A Lesson from Love Locks
Adam Gopnik draws a lesson on the nature of love ...
Adam Gopnik draws a lesson on the nature of love from the eyesore of love locks in Paris.
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The Football Fallacy
Adam Gopnik explains why the English are better at watching ...
Adam Gopnik explains why the English are better at watching football than at playing it.
