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Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: Walking The Lobster

The Essay: Walking The Lobster: Episode 3

Walking The Lobster

Episode 3

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Writer John Walsh examines the male desire to stand out, sartorially and in attitude.

Writer John Walsh examines the male desire to stand out, sartorially and in attitude. This time he hails Beau Nash and Oscar Wilde and the allure of fine details.

Writer John Walsh explores the male desire to stand out in all manner of attire, in all eras.

It is the 1720s and we encounter Richard Nash, known to all as Beau Nash, a 'committed hedonist and contrarian'. Then there's Oscar Wilde. And we learn about the difference between 'dandyism' and 'flamboyance', before the author's own look is examined again.

Producer Duncan Minshull.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Writer John Walsh examines the male desire to stand out, sartorially and in attitude

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