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Something Understood: Letting Your Hair Down

Letting Your Hair Down

17/07/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Something Understood, Letting Your Hair Down

Mark Tully 'lets his hair down' as he discusses the importance of relaxing with friends.

Mark Tully discusses the importance of openness, friendship and kicking over the traces in a programme all about 'letting your hair down'.

Mark Tully presents an edition of Something Understood on 'Letting Your Hair Down', in which he goes to the pub, talks with friends and tests the premise that kicking over the traces and relaxing is healthy mentally and spiritually. 

In a roistering programme about the importance of celebrating, relaxing and pushing the boat out once in a while, he examines the pros and cons of letting our hair down and asks where we should draw the line and what the types of rest and recreation that we ought to take seriously are: from food and drink to laughter and friendship. 

The programme draws on the writings of an eclectic bunch this week, with readings from St Thomas Aquinas, Graham Greene, Casanova and John Masefield and with music from Mozart, Elgar and Fats Waller.

The readers are Kenneth Cranham and Isla Blair.


Producer: Frank Stirling
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