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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 4

Four Thought: Series 4: Episode 58: Philip North

Philip North

Episode 58

Episode 58: Philip North

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Philip North argues that poor people have been held back by the professional middle class.

What is responsible for the decline of the working class? Philip North points the finger at middle-class professionals.

When Revd Philip North was tending the spiritual needs of people on an estate in Hartlepool he saw at close range the way a poor community could become self-sufficient.

But in the years since, he argues, the working class has been systematically de-skilled by middle class professionals.

In this provocative talk he argues that top-down meddling has replaced grassroots community-building, and that society is worse off for it.

Four Thought is a series of thought-provoking talks in which speakers air their thinking on the trends, ideas, interests and passions that affect culture and society in front of a live audience.

Presenter: Ben Hammersley
Producer: Mike Wendling.

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