In Search of Freedom
Video of debate at the How The Light Gets In Festival with Hannah Dawson, Hilary Lawson, Paul Broks and David Aaronovitch hosting
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Author: Julian Baggini
Pneumonia forced me to reappraise work
For several days I had tubes down my nose into my stomach and sticking out of my arm, oxygen into my nostrils, and a catheter. Several doctors who questioned me asked “do you usually talk like that?” since my speech was slurred. My partner and siblings were seriously worried.
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Review: Morality by Jonathan Sacks
In Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times, former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks argues we have undergone a kind of “Cultural Climate Change” that has seen a “move from We to I”. Where we used to put family first, now our priority is “self-actualisation”.
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BBC Radio Four
I’ve been on a couple of news programmes discussing Covid-19 related issues. On March 17 I appeared on Today, and on April 3 on The World Tonight.
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Queuing in the age of Covid-19
Queuing had always been a response to finite goods or services, but before they were for essential ones. The longest queues were now for the exclusive night clubs and restaurants, often artificially created as a signal of exclusivity. And then, suddenly, Covid-19 turned back the clock. Once again, queueing has become about scarcity.
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