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Tom Sutcliffe

Stephen Johnson

Stella Duffy

Tim Harford

Ed Smith

Kirsty McQuire

Start the Week: Play and Creativity

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13/02/2017

Play and Creativity

BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, Play and Creativity

Tom Sutcliffe discusses play with Steven Johnson, Stella Duffy, Tim Harford and Ed Smith.

Cultural discussion programme. Tom Sutcliffe considers the relationship between play and creativity with Steven Johnson, Stella Duffy, Tim Harford and Ed Smith.

On Start the Week, Tom Sutcliffe considers the relationship between play and creativity. Steven Johnson examines how the human appetite for amusement has driven innovation throughout history. Writer and theatre maker Stella Duffy has revived Joan Littlewood's 1960s concept of The Fun Palace- a 'laboratory of fun' for all. The economist Tim Harford advocates embracing disorder in every area of our lives, from messy desks to messy dating. Journalist and former cricketer Ed Smith believes that creativity in sport is a combination of skill and luck.

Producer: Kirsty McQuire.

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