Newshour
NEWSHOUR – BBC WORLD SERVICE, 25 AUGUST. Talking about a favourite book: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (at 47:00m). Listen[…]
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Summer Nights
SUMMER NIGHTS – BBC RADIO 4, 23 AUGUST. Discussing “Do We Fear Boredom?” with host Giles Fraser, Naomi Alderman, Camila[…]
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Delayed gratification is a Janus-faced virtue, used both as a tactic by hedonists to maximise pleasure and a strategy by ascetics to minimise it…
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PHILOSOPHY IN A DAY – LONDON, 30 NOVEMBER. I will be giving a guest lecture on thought experiments for Nigel[…]
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BATTLE OF IDEAS – LONDON, 19/20 OCTOBER. I’m taking part in two (hopefully non-pugilistic) events at the Battle of Ideas[…]
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