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On authenticity

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Monica Ali reflects on the 'cult of authenticity'.

Monica Ali reflects on the 'cult of authenticity' and asks what it means to be 'authentic'.

Authenticity, writes Monica Ali, has become the yardstick by which we measure the value of much of our day-to-day lives. 

"In this hyper-mobile, hyper-connected world" she says, "the cult of authenticity is flourishing". 

But what does it mean to be "authentic"? 

Producer: Adele Armstrong.

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