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Series of thought-provoking talks on topics that affect culture and society.

Series of thought-provoking talks in which the speakers air their thinking on the trends, ideas, interests and passions that affect culture and society

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Four Thought: Series 2

Four Thought: Series 2: Episode 34: Anthony McGowan: Seeing Ourselves as Villains

Anthony McGowan: Seeing Ourselves as Villains

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Episode 34: Anthony McGowan: Seeing Ourselves as Villains

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Author Anthony McGowan thinks we should see ourselves as villains, not heroes.

Award-winning author Anthony McGowan says the world would be a better place if we cast ourselves as the villains rather than the heroes of our own life stories.

Anthony McGowan, award-winning author of novels for young adults and teenagers, thinks that the world would be a better place if we cast ourselves as the villains rather than the heroes of our own life stories and he has a personal confession to make. 

Four Thought is a series of talks which combine thought provoking ideas and engaging storytelling. 

Recorded live in front of an audience at the RSA  in London, speakers air their latest thinking on the trends, ideas, interests and passions that affect our culture and society.

Producer: Sheila Cook.

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