BBC Radio 4 Transmission Date 26 February 2019 Produced by Philippa Geering Social psychologist Dr Keon West explores racial bias, and the concepts of both conscious and unconscious bias, drawing on the latest psychological and sociological research. He examines common misconceptions surrounding racism and examines how bias is formed, asking how far we are responsible for…
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Clinical psychologist Dr. Keon West and Philippa Geering explore the global rise in naturism. No longer seen as a cultish fad of the 70s, it is increasingly gaining ground around the world, not only in Europe and the US, but also in countries such as Senegal and India. Presented by Dr. Keon West Produced by Philippa…
Conversations on a Bench – Strabane Anna Scott-Brown hears more stories from the people who stop to sit beside her on benches around the country. In this edition, Anna sits on a bench in Strabane on the Irish Border. Throughout the programme, a specially commissioned work by the poet Maureen Boyle draws on the voices…
BBC Radio 4 Transmission Date Sunday 9th September 2018, 4.30pm Repeated Saturday 15th September 2018, 11.30pm Presented by Edward Clarke Produced by Anna Scott-Brown A contemporary poet navigates the relationship between spiritual understanding and poetics. Edward Clarke examines his process of engaging with the Psalms, and scrutinising his belief that poetry is the most powerful…
What do the working class heroes of 1960s cinema say about class in the Britain of 2018? Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, A Taste of Honey and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner – Woodfall films from a time when the working class was at the forefront of visions of the future. The BFI’s senior…
A return of the Overtone hit which uses digital technology to allow a living person to have a ‘conversation’ with someone no longer with us, using clips from the archives. “Adam Fowler is a weaver of dreams. Every early afternoon last week, Radio 4 featured another five of his uniquely fabricated conversations with dead…
