Richard Herring's Objective

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Richard Herring debates whether objects we have grown to hate can be reclaimed.

Richard Herring tries to see whether controversial objects we have grown to hate can be reclaimed.

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Richard Herring's Objective: Series 2: The Wheelchair

The Wheelchair

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BBC Radio 4 Extra - Richard Herring's Objective, Series 2, The Wheelchair

Is the wheelchair a symbol of equal access? Do we see beyond a person's disability?

Is the wheelchair a symbol of equal access? Do we see beyond a person's disability? With Emma Kennedy. From November 2011.

'The Wheelchair' is the representative symbol of disability on access signs.

In his series on objects, Richard asks whether there is equal access? 

He wonders if it is still the case that we see the disability rather than the person?

With Emma Kennedy.

Special guest: Francesca Martinez. 

Producer: Tilusha Ghelani

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.

Richard Herring's Objective: Series 2

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Richard Herring tries to reclaim objects we've grown to hate

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