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Off the Page: Bone Idle

Bone Idle

19/06/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Off the Page, Bone Idle

Dominic Arkwright and guests discuss the merits of idleness.

4 Extra Debut. Dominic Arkwright discusses indolence with writers Hardeep Singh Kohli, Stephanie Calman and Oliver Burkeman. From June 2012.

As politicians seem to endlessly bang on about their passion for protecting 'hard working' families, Dominic Arkwright discusses the merits of idleness with Hardeep Singh Kohli, Stephanie Calman and Oliver Burkeman.

Every week there seems to be a new report about how lazy we're becoming. Recent headlines have included "Lazy Brits Spend 36 Years sitting on their bottoms," and "Teenagers are too lazy to babysit." As Dominic wonders who has the time to know all of this, Hardeep Singh Kohli tells us how he's not had a week off in over ten years, Stephanie Calman extols the joys of being a slattern and Oliver Burkeman tells us why it's really important for us to step back and just stop.

Producer: Sarah Langan.

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