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Episode 5: What's the Value of Culture Today?

What's the Value of Culture Today?

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Melvyn Bragg and his guests debate the meaning and value of culture today.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests debate the meaning and value of culture today. Is Matthew Arnold's vision of culture as a force for good still relevant?

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the meaning and value of culture in the twenty-first century. In a programme recorded in front of an audience at Newcastle's Literary and Philosophical Society, Melvyn and the panel consider whether Matthew Arnold's assessment of culture as 'the great help out of our present difficulties' still has any relevance, almost 150 years after it was written.

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Sir Christopher Frayling
Former Rector of the Royal College of Art and Chair of Arts Council England

Tiffany Jenkins
Sociologist and cultural commentator

Matt Ridley
Scientist and writer

Producer: Thomas Morris.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Melvyn Bragg explores the history of the idea of culture, and its value today.

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