Something Understood

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Ethical and religious discussion that examines some of the larger questions of life

Ethical and religious discussion that examines some of the larger questions of life, taking a spiritual theme and exploring it through music, prose and poetry

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Something Understood: In the Fullness of Time & At the End of the Day

In the Fullness of Time and At the End of the Day

In the Fullness of Time & At the End of the Day

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Irma Kurtz considers the origins and uses of clichés.

Irma Kurtz considers how clichés can be convenient truisms that keep us linked to our heritage and community, but also potentially dangerous generalisations.

Irma Kurtz considers the origins and uses of clichés.   

She finds that, although many of our most often used clichés originated with Shakespeare, newly minted clichés appear every day. She reflects that clichés can be convenient truisms that keep us linked to our heritage and community - but also potentially dangerous generalisations.  

To help explain her thesis we hear readings from the works of Shakespeare, Bernard Levin and Daisy Ashford, and music from Ravel, Cole Porter and Frank Loesser.   

The readers are Liza Sadovy and Col Farrell.  
The producer is Ronni Davis.  
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